Fratello Navetta Discovery (Robusto) by Fratello Cigars

Fratello Cigars
Fratello Navetta Discovery (Robusto) by Fratello Cigars

Vitola: Robusto
Length: 5.0
Gauge: 50

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Nicaragua
Blender/Creator:
Factory: Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A.
Country: Nicaragua

Purchase Source: Sellwood Cigar
Date Purchased: December 24, 2019
Price: $10.35
Date Smoked: November 8, 2021
Quantity: 2

11/08/2021
COVID-19 Day 597
Say again?… After over a year since I smoked this Fratello Navetta Discovery (Robusto) by Fratello Cigars, I just became reunited with this blend of three-year-old-aged tobaccos, this cigar surprised me with its rich and dark nuanced tobacco flavors as Fratello’s most complex blend to date.

To start, I had forgotten that the wrapper on this gem was an Ecuadorian “Oscuro” wrapper… and might have been slightly thrown off by the lighter color of this particular wrapper… once lit… right away my eyes popped wide open welcoming through a perfect draw, full-bodied tobacco flavors of mocha with a slight sweetness it brings along with some woody notes of cedar, earthy chocolate with dark coffee with a touch of black pepper on the finish. The retrohale is a full sensation of black pepper, but not too spicy.

At the second third, the creaminess of the smoke comes thru carrying the same full tobacco flavors… The chocolate is now more of the sweetened mocha tobacco flavors and I’m digging it!

I’m at the very end of the last third and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this reunion with this Fratello Navetta Discovery… I found the final third is all about the interplay of sweetness and spiciness with some charred wood tobacco flavors in the background.

I wonder where I can find these now that the cigar lounge where I hang out is no longer carrying this brand? The search is on!

Smoke Time: 2-Hours

Stay Smoky
Stay Chil

09/23/2020
COVID-19, Day 187:

A beautifully constructed cigar with a Perfect Burn and Draw that only needed a Kiss to deliver copious amounts of smoke… check out that burn line!

I have a couple of these still in the TupperDor, so we’ll see if this makes the cut.

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Stay Smoky
Stay Chill