Augusto Reyes Nativo Corona



This past Father’s Day, my lovely wife bought me a nice new travel humidor and sampler pack. In that pack were a number of your standard sampler fare from Rocky Patel and Gurkha as well as a number of brands I had never heard of before. Among those obscure brands was the “Augusto Reyes Nativo Corona”. I apologize for the lack of photographs, but this was a cigar I was having on lunch and a camera was not readily accessible. I think it might be time to upgrade the Blackberry to a model with a camera, because I really wish I had one for this one.

The cigar features an attractive band on a relatively small stick measuring 5 1/2″ in length and a small gauge of 44. The cigar is of Dominican origin and everything I’ve read online indicates the flavor is fairly robust. Unfortunately, I didn’t get much of an opportunity to test that out. I knew I was in trouble the minute I lit the cigar. The wrapper simply didn’t want to light, but the filler seemed to ignite like the fuse on a stick of dynamite. In a matter of seconds the foot looked like a buckeye with a black ring around a bright white ash. I applied a little more flame and eventually got the wrapper to catch, but it clearly was not burning nearly as fast as the filler and the cigar started to tunnel faster than a gopher on a golf course.

It eventually settled down some and I was able to get a better feel for the cigars aroma and flavor. Unfortunately, I was unimpressed with both. The draw was tight and the smoke was pretty thin. The flavor was a little woody with some kick, but I did not find it to be particularly pleasing. Now, I’ll fully admit that about the time I was able to “try” and enjoy the cigar I was thoroughly frustrated and annoyed. When it went out, despite some frantic attempts to perform CPR on a cigar the Augusto Reyes Nativo Corona became the first cigar I ever discarded before I even made it to the halfway point.

Before I sat down to write this review, I made it a point to go online and see what others are saying about this cigar. Apparently, most people like the taste and aroma, but I did find plenty of complaints about burn issues. I have to assume that I probably would have enjoyed it as well, but found the burn issues to be truly debilitating to enjoying the cigar. When I learned that the cigar retails for roughly $7 to $8 per stick, I swore it off for good. I’d rather buy a couple of Romeo Y Julieta Habano Reserves or Sancho Panzas for the same price and truly enjoy the smoke.