The Joya Red Robusto follows the scent and cold draw quite a bit, starting off with a dominant creamy leather note, interspersed with other flavors of dark cocoa, hay, earth, barnyard, peanuts and earth. Aroma from the wrapper is a combination of dark cocoa, leather, manure and cedar, while the cold draw brings a very strong flavor of hay mixed with barnyard and leather, almost like I was sucking on an old saddle that just came off of a horse. There are very few veins present, but a noticeable amount of oil, and the cigars has some nice give when it is squeezed. The wrapper is a dark brown, and quite smooth to the touch, with almost no tooth at all. Visually, the Joya Red seems very close to the ones I smoked for my first review, which is not surprising considering they came from the same box. Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production.Factory: Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A.A lot of people are going to be very pleasantly surprised by this cigar, and I think that is exactly what Joya de Nicaragua was trying to accomplish.

Add in the excellent price point and the wonderful draw on all samples, and this is a winner for Joya de Nicaragua no matter how you look at it.

It is exceptionally well balanced, with a great dark cocoa core to the profile that meshes well with the plum-like sweetness that is prevalent throughout the final two thirds and an interesting citrus tartness that shows up every once in a while. The JOYA RED tastes almost nothing like any of the rest of the cigars that Joya de Nicaragua makes, and that is most assuredly a good thing. Here is what I said in my original review back in July 2014: The new cigar was launched in four different vitolas, all of which are sold in boxes of 20: Joya Red Short Churchill (4 3/4 x 48), Joya Red Robusto (5 1/4 x 50), Joya Red Toro (6 x 52) and Joya Red Cañonazo (5 1/2 x 54). At the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua released Joya Red, a medium-bodied blend that incorporates Nicaraguan tobacco in the binder and filler and is wrapped in a habano leaf also from Nicaragua.

Hoya red button drawing