Diplomatico Bushidos ER Asia Pacific

• Cigar Reviewed: Diplomáticos Bushido Edición Regional Asia Pacifico 2014
• Country of Origin: Cuba
• Factory: Undisclosed
• Wrapper: Cuba
• Binder: Cuba
• Filler: Cuba
• Length: 7 1/4 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 50
• Vitola: 109
• Release Date: 2015
• Number of Cigars Released: 2,000 Boxes of 25 Cigars (50,000 Total Cigars)
• Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3

The Diplomáticos Bushido is as pretty of a cigar as I’ve seen in a while. It’s not the deepest color of red, but the wrapper has an incredibly consistent color with seemingly the right amount of oils. One thing that I notice about each sample is how cylindrical they are, seemingly a perfect circle. Aroma from the wrapper is medium-full with some cedar and lots of acidity. The foot smells like a typical Cuban: sweet with floral and cinnamon candy sweetness, though there’s a bit of a wet cardboard smell. It too is medium-full. The cold draw is very Cuban with a lot of those same flavors, now joined by pink lemonade and a very strong pepper flavor.

Two cigars start with some sweetness, a bit of a grassy flavor and some fried chicken skin. The third sample is more of a rye bread flavor with some super crisp earth. I should also point out, the third sample is nearly plugged, but more on that below. In the other two cigars, the flavor develops into a mixture of walnuts, burnt coffee and some sweet vanilla. Retroahles aren’t particularly great: mild amounts of pepper, lemon peel, toasty and herbal flavors. The flavor is full, but thin; body is medium-full and strength is medium-plus. Construction on those two cigars is impeccable, though it does seem like the cigar wants to be smoked much quicker than I’d actually like to smoke a cigar.