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Black Bird Cigar Co. The Rio Restock Aged 3+ Years

(2 customer reviews)

$10.00

Robusto- 5×50

Tasting notes: On the body, aside from light cocoa and fermented tobacco, there is hardly any scent. On the foot, it’s more of the same with some vinegar tartness added. The cold draw, however, has an array of flavors from vegetal to creamy cashew and an earthy umami. Based on the prelight notes, I’m not expecting much when I light, but then I’m hit with a BOOM! It’s a blast of bread, black pepper, chocolate, and charcoal wrapped in a sweet creamy smoke! It’s deep and dark, almost a sarsaparilla-like root. I may be crazy but the sweetness and the darkness sort of remind me of dark chocolate-covered cherry or dark chocolate and Welch’s grape jelly. There’s also some leather, cocoa, charred wood, raisins, and black pepper on the finish. The dark sweetness then transitions into dates, roasted nuts, dark chocolate, and slight black pepper. VERY reminiscent of a Padron! This thing is outrageous. There’s an under-layer of dark herbs, a sweet sensation on the tongue reminding me of dark brandy, black pepper, leather, and dried fruits. Later in the second third, sweet and salty floral notes appear, more prune-like dried fruits, cocoa, leather, espresso, and then salty peanuts. Near the final third, everything starts to meld together in a good way. The berries are becoming more muted but the sweetness is still there-almost like a freeze-dried berry. Cocoa notes are still prevalent along with the charred wood/charcoal. It ends with some savory flavors, like salted peanuts and herbs with a slight sweetness and light white pepper. The last few puffs are super bready, making for a perfectly rounded experience.

Pairing notes: Starbucks dark roast coffee or espresso. Sarsaparilla or root beer. Adult root beer. Dark Chocolate. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Peanut butter pretzels. Chocolate stout beers. Cognac. Rye bourbon. After eating lamb chops. After a chocolate pie. With white chocolate nibs for balance. Shout out @blackbirdcigar on the gram!

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Black Bird Cigar Co. called me a few months ago. They enjoyed the love you all showed them on the Fast Eddie. They sent samples of an aged cigar they had in their factory. The wrapper is from Brazil. Their team loves the cigar very much and have been smoking them for personal consumption but due to FDA regulations, cannot sell the blend with their branding on it. We will be seeing a lot of cigars with this similar story between now and May. I call it the RIO. I love this ribbon on it. The color, the Christ the Redeemer statue, and the font. DOPE. Collectible. Rare. Exclusive. Aged. Sounds perfect for Privada! It has a rare combination of Brazilian wrapper and Brazilian binder. Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. Aged 2.5 years in the Dominican republic. Just sitting there in the beautiful Caribbean Island waiting to be picked by me, to be shipped to you. All for your enjoyment with its beautiful dark and toothy wrapper.

2 reviews for Black Bird Cigar Co. The Rio Restock Aged 3+ Years

  1. Todd Clark (verified owner)

    Blackbird Cigar Co. The Rio (Privada Cigar Club Exclusive) Robusto 5″ x 50 (Dominican with DR/Nic. filler, Brazil binder and wrapper)
    Humidor time: 512 days
    Humidimeter reading: Head – 66, foot – 60
    Appearance and construction: A few veins, an oily sheen, a closed foot, a fancy cloth foot-band, and a moderately firm pack with no soft spots… Gave it a double shallow V-cut and PLD was open. (13/15)

    Flavor: PLA gave a whiff of tobacco. The light gave a full-bodied profile with a spicy retro and notes of black pepper, charred wood, spice, and a hint of saltiness. The spice in the nose faded quickly with the other flavors gradually mellowing through the course of the smoke and the body receding towards medium/full by the last third. Very tasty and pretty much right in my wheelhouse for a fuller smoke. Strength was about medium. (24/25)

    Smoking characteristics: The light produced an easy draw, good smoke volume, and an even burn to start. The burn stayed even through the first third with the ash falling at 1 1/4″ leaving a small cone. The burn got wavy, then lopsided in the 2nd third when it got hung up on a vein, but managed to self-correct itself without need of a touch-up. Things were then uneventful down to the nub. Draw and smoke output were optimal throughout. (23/25)

    Overall impression: This was a Privada CC selection for February 2020 and a very nice smoke it was indeed. My palate is starting to be able to detect the difference between quality, aged tobacco and stuff that’s not so aged (or at least I think it is…) and this one just reeked of both quality and age. Flavor for days and pretty nice construction, too, so I may have to order a few more now that PCC has them available in their shop. Just an outstanding smoke. (32/35)

    Burn time: 1:22
    Rating: 92

  2. William Payment (verified owner)

    The best thing about the cigar is the smoke like wow great smoke output and texture definitely way better than the idalia or other limited editions blackbird has done. Again blackbird does great stuff with this cigar

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