Cayman Cigar Co. The Doubloon Robusto

Earlier this year, I wrote about one of the more unique situations in the cigar industry. Cayman Cigar Co., a company that was already somewhat unique because it says it donates all of its profits to charity, introduced another unique concept: it’s making the same cigars in two different countries.

While it’s common for many products to be produced in different factories around the world, with those products destined for different markets, it’s not common in handmade cigars. Cayman announced that it was overhauling three of its lines—Mariner, Monarch and Sovereign II—with new blends, packaging, and a second production facility. For those three lines, Cayman Cigar Co. is continuing to produce the cigars in the Cayman Islands for sales in the islands and Spain; TABACALERA LA iSLA, a factory in the Dominican Republic, is making the same blends, but for all other markets, including the U.S. In an effort to increase consistency, the company is importing the same tobacco to the Cayman Islands.

Just before the announcement of those lines and their updates, Cayman Cigar Co. released a new line, The Doubloon. It is produced neither in the Dominican Republic nor in the Cayman Islands. Instead, it is made at Tabacalera Familia Disla S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua. Blend-wise, it uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos.

It’s offered in three vitolas:

• The Doubloon Gordo (6 x 60) — $11.50 (Box of 20, $230)
• The Doubloon Toro (6 x 56) — $11 (Box of 20, $220)
• The Doubloon Robusto (5 x 52) — $9.80 (Box of 20, $196)

“The Doubloon has been one of the most exciting projects in our company’s history,” said Scott Haugh, founder of Cayman Cigar Co., in a press release. “It reflects both the artistry of Esteban Disla and our commitment to producing cigars that stand out in quality and purpose. We are thrilled to share this line with retailers and cigar lovers nationwide.”

• Cigar Reviewed: Cayman Cigar Co. The Doubloon Robusto
• Country of Origin: Nicaragua
• Factory: Tabacalera Familia Disla S.A.
• Wrapper: Mexico (San Andrés)
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua
• Length: 5 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 52
• Shape: Round
• MSRP: $9.80 (Box of 20, $196)
• Release Date: August 2025
• Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production
• Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3

This is a decently dark wrapper with a great core color, though it’s disrupted by spots of darkness. No doubt, the luscious color is helped by the bands, which have a great combination of matte black, metallic teal and silver. Looking back at our PCA 2025 coverage, it’s a shame Cayman didn’t have the final packaging on display; that’s how good the bands look. As for the aromas, there are minerals, toastiness and not much else. Despite being packaged in cellophane and coming from a retailer we purchase cigars from without issues, the wrappers have a distinct cigar shop smell: the dead aroma of burnt tobacco. The feet of the first two cigars smell pretty similar: cocoa, wood and some citrus, a combination that reminds me of chocolate melting over a campfire. The third cigar has the woodiness, but none of the campfire attributes, and I also find some raisin sweetness and dried orange. Cold draws are a bit all over the place. The first cigar has graham cracker, unseasoned egg noodles, buttermilk and some very sweet fruitiness at the end. The second cigar is slightly less intense with raisins and the core of an apple leading the chocolate. The third cigar lacks the detailed sweetness and instead leads into starchiness with some quinoa flavors sitting atop some sugar. All three cigars have excellent draws to go along with the medium-plus to medium-full cold draws.

Dry wood and earth start each cigar, though the details are a bit different. I taste some fish sauce on the first cigar, black olives on the second and a petroleum-like flavor on the third. Each starts medium-full, though the smoke production on the third cigar is lagging for the first puff. After just a few minutes, creaminess emerges, and eventually it becomes the leading flavor, atop some starchiness that varies between a combination of dry grain and cream to more of a plain bagel flavor. The core flavor sticks around for most of the finish before saltiness and metallic aspects introduce themselves. At times, there’s a yeast-like flavor that reminds me of beer, though other times, more like a buttered biscuit. Retrohales are enjoyable, albeit rarely consistent. Sometimes, it tastes like lightly salted peanuts, other times more like a croissant, but then there are some puffs that throw me for a loop, for example: pineapple, sawdust, celery and a charred flavor that reminds me of grill marks on a mild vegetable. Flavor is full, body is medium-full and strength is medium. While the burn line could be better, I get through the first third of each cigar without any construction issues.

The Cayman The Doubloon Robusto’s second third is a pivotal one. As I get near the halfway mark, I’m noticing a trend where I find the flavor profile to be rich and complex, but increasingly, a dryness is making some, but not all of the individual flavors less enjoyable. A distinct buttered popcorn is present on each cigar, joined by leather, earth and some grains. Those flavors are more or less at the same level, though there’s some vinegar and dry earth that sit underneath it. During the finish, there’s more sweetness as well as a dry flavor that reminds me of the casing of a peanut. Retrohales continue with the popcorn, but the overall profile is much sharper and a touch herbal. The second cigar has this unique flavor that reminds me of ginger ale, albeit without any sweetness. Unfortunately, as the cigars enter the second half, the profile gets drier, sharper and less flavorful. It’s not any one particular flavor that drops off, but whereas puffs might have had four or five sensations before, they are now firing off just two or three flavors. Given my previous comments about how some of the flavors aren’t all that appetizing, that’s exponentially worse. Speaking of issues, the third cigar is having trouble staying lit, and that is turning that cigar into a much more charred version of what the other two cigars have to offer. Flavor is medium-full to full, body is medium-plus to medium-full and strength is consistently medium. Each cigar has combustion issues: the first cigar needs a touch-up to help with both an uneven burn and some production, the second cigar needs two touch-ups to help with uneven burns, and the third cigar needs four touch-ups in the second third.

Unfortunately, the final third is multiple steps behind the previous parts. The Doubloon Robusto is mostly earthy, but harsher and drier than before. It’s also not as interesting a flavor, getting most of its complexity from the contrast between the harshness and the saltiness. The first cigar, which is probably the best at this point, finishes with a dry and vegetal earthiness, just not very good. Then there’s the third cigar, which tastes like a cigar that has been relit, even if it hasn’t gotten quite to that point. Retrohales are a lot better than the flavor in the mouth, but still nowhere near the level of how any part of the three cigars tasted in the first third. It has a robust but generic woody flavor that sits atop some vegetal sensations, dense earth and some of the fish sauce-like flavors. While that’s better, the retrohale’s finish is harsh and stale. Flavor is mostly full, body is medium-full, and strength remains medium. A touch-up is needed on the second cigar, and the third cigar needs help from the lighter at a more frequent pace, though the first cigar gets through the final third without any other issues.

Final Notes

• Tabacalera Familia Disla S.A. is owned by the brothers Raul and Esteban Disla. The two have decades of experience in the cigar industry; most recently, Raul was the manager of NACSA, and Esteban was a co-owner of Nica Sueño.
• Cayman Cigar Co. claims to donate 100 percent of its profits to charities, a practice known as philanthro-capitalism. You can see the list of where its profits go here.
• Because of our weighing and measuring process, I open a lot of cigars. These were about as difficult to remove from cellophane as any cigar of late, but not for any of the normal reasons. Whereas most cigars packaged in cellophane will either have no UPC sticker or one that breaks easily, The Doubloon’s sticker didn’t want to break without quite a bit of added force.

• The answer appears to be related to whatever glue was used to apply the sticker, as it was intense and excessive. The end result was the cellophane was sticky enough to attach the cigar to things.
• The cigars for this review were purchased by halfwheel.

• Cayman lists these cigars as 5 x 52 robustos, above are The dimensions I found for the three cigars smoked for this review.
• The final smoking time varied between one hour and 45 minutes and two hours.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.