Cohiba Behike 52

An impressive smoke of detail and range, with big pronounced notes of nuts and oak, a floral element and hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. Savory notes appear in the form of red meat, transitioning to a salted-caramel sweetness before the honey finish. 

This is a classic cigar made with an artful pigtail and clad in gorgeous Colorado wrapper of reddish brown. The cigar is a phenomenally rich, delicious smoke that more than lives up to the reputation of cigars with the name Cohiba. It is the finest cigar to come out of Cuba in a long time, and Cigar Aficionado's #1 cigar of 2010.

Cohiba Behike BHK cigars are made with a portion of filler tobacco known as medio tiempo, a type of sun-grown tobacco leaf that grows at the top of some, but not all tobacco plants. The cigars show great balance even in youth, with a medium to full body, creamy coffee flavors and some earthiness. They show elements of Cuban cigars of old, and should get even better with age—if you can be patient.

The Behike BHK 52 is a petit robusto, a size known as a Laguito No. 4 in Cuban cigar factories. In a vertical brand tasting in the June 8 Cigar Insider (Cigar Aficionado) the BHK 52 scored 94 points, the best of a trio that includes the BHK 54 and the very fat BHK 56. The 52 has remained delicious ever since, performing admirably in taste test after taste test as they have sold out in world markets.

Strength: Medium to Full 
Shape: Petit Robusto / Laguito No.4
Size: 199mm x  52
Country: Cuba
Wrapper: Cuba
Binder:  Cuba
Filler: Cuba