About this cigar
Made in Nicaragua, the Ortega Big Red Machine Robusto comes in the Robusto format: 127 mm long with a 50 ring gauge (19.8 mm). Tobaccos: wrapper Ecuador and filler Nicaragua. Strength: medium to full; smoking time about 81 minutes. In the Big Red Machine line (4 sizes), it is the shortest. Noted flavors: spice, cedar and pepper.
Ortega's Big Red Machine Robusto comes in a 127 mm robusto format with a 50 ring gauge, an Ecuadorian wrapper and a Nicaraguan filler. For aficionados seeking strength, this cigar sits between medium and full in power, carried by its Ecuadorian wrapper and Nicaraguan filler.
Specifications
- Brand
- Ortega
- Line
- Big Red Machine
- Vitola
- Big Red Machine Robusto
- Size
- Robusto
- Length
- 127 mm · 5″
- Ring gauge
- 50 · 19.8 mm
- Wrapper
- Ecuador
- Wrapper shade
- Colorado Maduro
- Filler
- Nicaragua
- Country of manufacture
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
- Smoking time
- About 81 min
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