Alec Bradley American Classic Robusto - Box of 24

The compact expression of Alec Bradley's tribute to old-style Tampa cigars. Founder Alan Rubin built this line to recreate the affordable, smooth, complex character of the cigars once rolled in Tampa's early 20th century factories, and at 5 x 50, the Robusto delivers that recipe in the line's most practical, everyday format.

The construction stays consistent with the rest of the line: a beautiful, silky Honduran Connecticut-seed wrapper wrapped around a bold Nicaraguan Jalapa binder and an aged recipe of Nicaraguan long-fillers from Estelí and Condega, handmade at Nestor Plasencia's Segovia factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Cigar Aficionado awarded the overall blend 90 points, and the Robusto delivers the same mellow to medium-bodied smoke found across the line, smooth, and teeming with satisfying flavors, a rich core of tobacco complemented by sweet notes, nuts, and a touch of coffee, with a finish that runs long, woodsy, and soothing.

At 5 x 50, this is the practical daily-driver format for a blend that was always built for exactly that purpose, a genuinely affordable cigar fit for regular enjoyment rather than a special occasion splurge. The flavor develops in familiar phases: cedar, nuts, and cream leading early, coffee and espresso deepening through the middle, and dark chocolate rounding out the close, all delivered in a shorter, more manageable session than the Toro or Torpedo require. It remains one of the most straightforward entry points into what made American Classic such a genuine standard-setter for value-priced Connecticut-wrapped cigars.

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Flavor progression:

1. Opening: a rich core of tobacco with sweet notes leading the way, cedar and nuts building alongside the Connecticut wrapper's light creaminess
2. Mid-smoke: coffee and espresso develop, the profile picking up depth and a touch of darkness against the sweeter earlier notes
3. Close: dark chocolate and a long, woodsy finish round out the smoke, soothing and smooth through to the nub

Key Features:

1. Brand: Alec Bradley
2. Line: American Classic
3. Concept: A tribute to old-style, Tampa-made cigars from the early 20th century
4. Factory: Segovia factory (Nestor Plasencia), Estelí, Nicaragua
5. Country of Origin: Nicaragua
6. Wrapper: Honduran Connecticut-seed
7. Binder: Nicaraguan (Jalapa)
8. Filler: Nicaraguan (Estelí and Condega)
9. Construction: Handmade
10. Vitola: Robusto
11. Size: 5 inches x 50 ring gauge
12. Strength: Mild to Medium
13. Flavor Profile: Cedar, nuts, cream, coffee, espresso, dark chocolate, wood, sweetness
14. Rating: 90 points, Cigar Aficionado
15. Box Count: 24 cigars
16. Price per Cigar: approximately $4.50