Vibe Corojo Robusto

This is a fairly good stick, especially considering the price. Certainly not the best corojo out there by any means. It has a dark wrapper and few seams and veins. The band has an appealing art-deco sort of look. It's flavor is a little harder to describe or pin down. In the first inch or so, I could really taste a good corojo flavor. However, that disappeared as I got past the first third. In fact, on the first Vibe I smoked I got a little nauseous by the end. The next one was more enjoyable, but, it really is a cigar that lacks complexity and is one of the reasons, I can't rate it in the first tier. Still definitely worth the two bucks each I paid on C-bid.

I really like this cigar. I was recently in Spain and bought a Bolivar robusta from a reputable cigar shop. I've had the fakes from the carribean duty free shops and they have no flavor. The Bolivar was tight but good flavor and some strength. I was disappointed in the strength. The reason I mention the Bolivar is because the next night, sitting at the same bench outside on a beautiful night I smaked the vibe corojo robusto. Wow! much better. I have smoked a whole box of them now and am very happy. Very consistent and great flavor and burn. The larger size chairman was a dissapointment. None of the flavor that the robusto had. I will be buying more of these.

I threw in a bid for a 5-pack of these on Cigarbid and frankly was surprised I was able to get them bought at my bid price. The appearance was that of a well constructed cigar, with the dark brown wrapper showing only a few small veins and had a slightly toothy feel to the touch. The draw was right in the middle of the road and the burn rate did not vary over a quarter of an each during the entire smoke.

The first inch or so I found to be a bit overly mild or flat, but the flavors strengthened from that point on. I did pick up a bit of the sweetness some of the other reviewers speak of, but I would have to describe the other flavors were that of a good cigar and leave it at that. Of course one never knows, but I think these sticks were fairly fresh and a few months in the humidor might be very benificial. All in all it was a reasonably pleasant 45 min smoke and will likely be buying more if I can get them in the same price range.

Ok, looks like I jumped the gun with my recent review. After the lousy first experience I put the rest to bed and took one out to sample recently. Just the short amount of time transformed this smoke from a bitter uninteresting smoke into a great spicy/sweet bargain. While I'm not gonna run out and buy a box I will definitely keep a 5iver in my cooler.

I've been on a Corojo kick lately and I had always meant to try these so I bid on a 5-pack and won. Well, turns out these were a big disappointment for me. The flavor lacked complexity and worst of all, they struck me as quite bitter. While the much commented on "sweetness" barely made itself known. The only positives I can give Vibe is the construction is first rate.

I've got 3 left and they will sleep a long, (hopefully) beneficial sleep.

I'm not all too hyped on the flavor of these. CBID had a special auction on these that not a lot of people went for. I don't understand why: these are pretty good sticks. The flavor is fairly sweet with some toasty and earthy notes, and they are undoubtedly strong. Even a robusto will get you a little queasy afterwards (if you're not used to it). Frankly speaking, I think with a little age on them, I'll come to really like these.

High marks all around for things like construction, burn, holding an ash, draw, and whatnot. I've had about five of these from my box, and all of them have been consistant performers.

I don't regret my purchase. I wouldn't loose sleep recommending these to others.

Yes, you can sense Rocky's hand in this cigar- but (as with most of the co-Rocky blends) there is some consistency lacking and the profile is generally uninspiring and one-dimensional. CI was dumping these, and for the price; they're worthwhile

I have now smoked two of these. The cigar shop had these on sale so I picked up another one in hopes of having a better experience. Medium-bodied with typical corojo characteristics. I agree with darbarian in both of his reviews. However, I rather smoke a Cusano Corojo 97.

I have not smoked too many cigars and found this one to be a bit strong. I liked the flavor though and am betting that I will love this cigar once I am no lover a newb! I am going to try a milder cigar next and see how that affects me.

I let this stick sit for a couple months in my humidor at 70% 65-75 degrees. It was slightly sweet before, and now it was noticably sweet. The wrapper also firmed up and gained some fortitude. An improvement in tow months should mean a superb cigar in a year or so.

Chemical tasting? Dang...I'd try another from a different distributor. I'm not saying that this the best Rocky made cigar out there, but it is definately not a bad one. It is superbly made, but the tobaccos used to creat this corojo are pretty light weight in the sense that they will lose their identity easily if stored improperly. I've had similar experiences when I stored cigars in an uneven humidity level or with other more powerful cigars. Keep the light weights with the other light weigts and then away from any other contaminants and they will be fine in most cases.

This may taste like a medium cigar, but I've found them to be very sensitive to outside influence. Hoyo and A Feunte are the only cigars that I've found can withstand just about anything.

Started well but it got very strange tasting within the first inch or so. . .chemically or something. This is my first Rocky-designed product that completely fails to satisfy on any level.

The construction on this stick was good... nice cap... burn was good and draw was easy. This smoke started out decent with a nice zesty flavor, which is to be expected of most corojo's. However, this smoke was average at best and one-dimensional. It had a slightly sweet taste along with loads of hearty tobacco flavor, but never really went anywhere.

Typical of every non-Vintage Rocky Patel I have smoked, this one went south after the halfway mark; I gave up on it about 65% of the way through as the flavor just became a boring ashy, bland tobacco taste.

The one thing I disliked about this stick was the wrapper. It was dry and lacked flavor; probably stock Conneticut shade. It's dryness made the cigar slightly uncomfortable to my lips. It took lots of saliva to soften it up.

Overall, an average, slightly sweet corojo... just nothing to write home about.

This was not a bad smoke, with lots of oil on the wrapper and little to no veins. The construction was good and cap cut event. The foot lit even and burned with no soft spots to slow it down. The taste was medium to full and had lots of toasty wood notes with a earthy finish not a bad stick for being a new cigar in the crowd.