Valentino Siesto Nero Black Sun Grown – Robusto

The Nero Black boxes are the ones people notice on a shelf: black and gold, ten cigars, deliberately compact. The Sun Grown Robusto is the entry to the series — Ecuadorian sun-grown wrapper, Dominican binder and filler, ring 50 at five inches, grown and rolled entirely in the Dominican Republic.

A darker register than the Premium Series without the weight: wood and earth first, then sweet fruit, coffee and chocolate, with a fine spice running underneath. The smoke is dense and creamy, the burn even, the ash stable. Fifty minutes to an hour and a straightforward way to try the house style at box-of-ten scale.

Discover more in our New World Robusto Cigars and Medium Strength Cigars collections at chaveta.com.