Don Lino Africa Cigars

Surprising

I thought the Africa Duma was an excellent smoke. It was surprisingly smooth... I was shocked to read it being referred to as full-bodied. I keep several of these beauties on hand and try to enjoy at least one per week... sometimes two or three.

This review was written about Don Lino Africa Duma by Glenn of So Cal on December 29, 2009

This is an amazing cigar.

I ran into these as part of a La Aurora sampler I purchased on the Internet. In order to understand my perspective on cigars, I like to smoke strong cigars, with Fuente Opus X, Anejo and Don Carlos as my favorites. My usual (affordable) cigar is a Fuente Sungrown. Like another reviewer mentioned, the similarities between this cigar and an Opus X will blow your mind. The taste was superb right down to the nub, and the burn time was an hour or more for a five inch cigar. While I did have to relight this twice, but it burned evenly to the end, and the draw was excellent. This is the perfect combination of strength and that Dominican creamy flavor that most Fuente smokers crave. Best of all, this cigar is less than five bucks -- a real bargain. Let's hope Cigar Aficionado does not discover these as they are sure to disappear off the shelf as soon as everyone else tries them.

This review was written about Don Lino Africa Duma 5 Pack by Dave of Silver Spring, MD on May 4, 2009

Can you say Opus?

The moment I lit it, it reminded me of the Opus X. Powerful smoke almost overwheling at first (especially because I wasnt ready for it) but then settled down to nice heck of a cigar. I had to re-light it once. It stopped dead about a quarter way through. but picked up where it left off for the remaining 3 quarters. wow!

This review was written about Don Lino Africa Kuro by Jim L of New jersey on November 15, 2008

I wanted to like it.

I was excited to try this stick it came as part of a 5 cigar sampler Lucky me this was the first one I grabbed, it started ok with nice draw. But as it want along numerous construction flaws became apparent. It has a spicy taste that seems to get more pronounced as it goes along I gave up after about half in the 5 sampler I bought this stick was the mid-stick with 2 being rated higher by famous smokers and 2 rated lower I fear the 2 lower rated sticks. And I am not that excited about the 2 higher ones any longer.