Freud Cigars Agape Robusto X
- Size: 5 x 50
The Freud Agape was created as an expression of the love of tobacco and the art of making cigars. “Agape” is a Greek word that refers to unselfish love, and it is considered the highest form of love.
This Dominican puro is a labor of love whose filler uses five types of tobaccos, an indigenous Dominican binder leaf, and a silky smooth, dark chocolatey Colorado Maduro wrapper for a total of seven types of tobaccos. Once rolled, the cigars are aged for eight months to allow their flavors and aromas to marry. This carefully curated blend creates a medium-bodied smoking indulgence with its rich creamy profile and pleasant notes of floral, cocoa and spice.
The blend was developed by Eladio Diaz, a master blender with more than four decades of experience in blending and creating premium cigars. The Agape is handmade in the Dominican Republic at the Tabacalera Diaz Cabrera factory, which is owned and operated by Eladio Diaz. Production is limited to 3,500 boxes.
About Freud Cigar Co.
Freud Cigar Co. was born out of a shared passion for premium tobacco and elevated experiences — and an opportunity for some of the world’s leaders in cigar production to collaborate on a new collection for the luxury market: innovative small-batch blends, rooted in the namesake of one of the most prominent cigars smokers and public intellectuals in world history, Dr. Sigmund Freud.
Puffpuffcigars (verified owner) –
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: Tabacalera Diaz Cabrera
Wrapper: Dominican Republic
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Length: 5 Inches
Ring Gauge: 54
Vitola: Robusto Extra
Visually, the cigar looks astounding. The band serves like a dress tailored for the vitola, it looks magically delicious. I couldn’t wait to unwrap it and light it up. Once the band was removed, I have a bit of mixed emotions, regrets that nothing was left from that beautiful band and on the other hand, I was amazed how beautiful the wrapper is. The dark espresso brown wrapper, oily smooth and meticulously rolled.
The noticeable aromas from the wrapper are oak, earth, leather and some sort of sweetness that is probably attributable to cinnamon. From the foot, we can agree it is pretty similar to the wrapper and perhaps lighter notes of sweetness.
The start is good, spicy with dominant black pepper, dark roast espresso, leather and towards the start of the second third, some sweetness started to develop, perhaps cinnamon/nutmeg.
The second third is developing very good, a creamy smoke combined with oak, leather, floral and earthiness.
The last third transition was noticeable with the addition of some sort of sourdough, nuttiness and spices.
I struggled a bit with the burn and I have to intervene multiple times to correct it.
Overall, it was a great experience and will definitely keep it in my humidor. This was my first Freud and definitely not the last.
Regards,
mindom2004 –
This was one of the cigars included with the monthy subscription (prescription) and what a treat! Very silky smooth smoke is about as descriptive as I can get. It’s a shame costs have become so great as this is a really decent cigar I could enjoy once daily 🙂
Jason Liddle –
Beautiful smoke! Love the mild spicy notes! Great ash. This has to be one of my favorite smokes!
pilsner1414 –
3 Star Review: Great looking cigar. Oily wrapper, well constructed and great feel in the mouth. Very solid roll with good draw and burn. Was a little linear with flavor profile throughout the smoke and at this price point lost a star for value IMO. Certainly would improve if laid down for a year or two……but give it a go for yourself!