Davidoff 2005 Limited Edition

[EzTheFix]

Davidoff 2005 Limited Edition Robusto Intenso
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Davidoff's Limited Edition this year is a Robusto Intenso, made with six different kinds of tobacco, in an effort to capture six different notes: spicy, with aged Cuban seed Criollo from the Dominican Republic; intense, with Piloto from an exclusive plantation from the Yaque valley; complex, with extra aged and fermented San Vicente tobacco from Jicome; sweet, with aged San Vicente tobacco from Mao; all toped with Olor binder and Davidoff Ecuadorian wrapper that is fermented and matured for three years.

I must have smoked several boxes of the Serie R vitola back in the days, and liked them a lot. A pricey smoke though, the Davidoff Serie R is still appealing to me from time to time, though in recent years I've found myself going for more full-bodied cigars. If the Robusto Intenso lives up to it’s name and promise though, it might become another great favorite. I'll have to keep an eye out and pick up a few of these to review them some time.

Anyone out there that has given these a shot?

 

[ggiese]

Davidoff 2005 Limited Edition Robusto Intenso
Posted by Admin under Cigar Reviews (Photos)

Davidoff's Limited Edition this year is a Robusto Intenso, made with six different kinds of tobacco, in an effort to capture six different notes: spicy, with aged Cuban seed Criollo from the Dominican Republic; intense, with Piloto from an exclusive plantation from the Yaque valley; complex, with extra aged and fermented San Vicente tobacco from Jicome; sweet, with aged San Vicente tobacco from Mao; all toped with Olor binder and Davidoff Ecuadorian wrapper that is fermented and matured for three years.

I must have smoked several boxes of the Serie R vitola back in the days, and liked them a lot. A pricey smoke though, the Davidoff Serie R is still appealing to me from time to time, though in recent years I've found myself going for more full-bodied cigars. If the Robusto Intenso lives up to it’s name and promise though, it might become another great favorite. I'll have to keep an eye out and pick up a few of these to review them some time.

Anyone out there that has given these a shot?

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They reminded me of the Griffin's XX's (2004 LE Griffin's). Very nice cigar (as it should be) - but hardly worth the price IMHO...

 

[smokelaw1]

I smoked about half a box of the robusto intensos.
Everythig wonderful about a davidoff, with the addition of being stronger, more full bodied, and with a wonderful degree of complexity.

I haven't seen them around in a while. I think they might be getting pretty hard to find, though I haven't really been looking.

I will agree, though, that for the money, there might be better smokes.

 

[CoventryCat86]

Are these similar to the <<7>> or the Real Robusto?

If so, I'd love to try one.

Yes, Davidoffs are expensive BUT IMO, there are some that are well worth it. The Millenniums are probably my favorite Davidoff these days. :thumbs:

Josh, did you get your Davidoffs in downtown Hartford? (I forget the name of it).

 

[smokelaw1]

Bill,
Yes, I got a few of them (I think 2) from Jim at The Tobacco Shop on Asylum. I miss that shop. Jim is remarkably knowledgeable, and very nice to his regulars (which I had jsut about become when I left Hartford for this new job up in Springfield) The rest I got a great deal on-line, actually, now that I think about it, I think they came in Boxes of 10. If that is the case, then I smoked just over a box of them. If I had any left, I'd love to hook you up.

I LOVE the milleneum. The on-line spot I got the intensos was the same place (pretty sure) I got the Millenium Robustos that are waiting for some undisclosed special occassion to be smoked. Perhaps my wedding in May.

 

[kro77]

I have smoked several of these and maybe it is my vendor and storage but these sticks seem to be a little schitzo. By that i mean the first third seems kind of thin and almost papery, but once you get past that i think they smoke very nicley with a much more body and the flavors really start to kick in. There is that traditional Davidoff creamy type flavor but then there are the strong flavors mix in. The last third starts to taper off a bit with the complexity and looses some of the davidoff smoothness (I do not know if that is the right term) and complexity and ends ok. I am sure they meant to do this but I only have found the middle third to be really enjoyable so not worth it for me at 15 bucks a stick.

 

[smokelaw1]

Odd. I enjoyed the whole stick, every time. The middle definitley is where the most BANG is located, but I never found either the beginner or the end at all lacking. I never found the beinning at all papery, indeed, I found a rather intriguing crescendo in the cigars, building up tot he wonderful full-bodied middle third (perhaps more than a third). The ending I found was a gentle "come down" that put you back down gently, as opposed to putting down a Power Ranger and going from 120MPH to stopped in zero seconds flat.

For anyone interested, there does seem to be some availability of these online.

 

[kro77]

Could be a storage issue for me, who knows. But the middle 1/3 is the best and maybe i was harsh on the end, but it does become a less complex stick there. My only real problem I had was with the first third there just seemed to be something lacking there. Now i have only had 2 of these from a local B&M, i have another 2 sitting in the humi from another dealer i picked them up so i will give it another shot since i already have them.

 

[smokelaw1]

Sounds good. I'd love to hear if you still feel the same way after smoking them.