Cuban cigar
Partagas Serie D No. 4
A robust, savory Cuban robusto built around earth, leather, pepper, cedar, coffee, and spice.
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Identity
Cigar card
- Brand
- Partagas
- Cigar name
- Serie D No. 4
- Origin
- Cuba
- Line
- Linea Serie
- Length
- 124 mm / 4 7/8 in
- Ring gauge
- 50
- Vitola de galera
- Robustos
- Commercial size
- Robusto
- Release
- 1975
- Status
- Current Regular Production
- Construction
- Handmade
- Smoking time
- 55-80 minutes
Packaging
- Dress box of 25
- Cabinet of 50
- Tubed and travel retail formats in some markets
Identity note
Cuban Cigar Website lists the Partagas Serie D No. 4 as a current regular-production handmade cigar in the Robustos factory vitola, 50 ring gauge x 124 mm. It is one of the best-known Cuban robustos and a central cigar in the modern Partagas regular-production lineup.
General profile
Serie D No. 4 is a savory, earth-forward robusto. Compared with the softer H. Upmann profile or the cocoa-coffee Montecristo register, this cigar leans into Partagas character: earth, leather, pepper, cedar, coffee, dark bread, and spice.
Pre-light
Wrapper aroma: barnyard, earth, cedar, leather, and dark tobacco.
Cold draw: cedar, pepper, leather, coffee, and a faint molasses-like sweetness.
First third
Primary notes: earth, cedar, leather, pepper.
Secondary notes: coffee, toasted bread, cocoa, savory spice.
Body: medium-full.
Strength: medium.
Texture: dense, warm, and slightly rustic.
The opening often announces itself quickly. Earth and cedar appear first, followed by leather and pepper. It has less cream than Montecristo or H. Upmann, but more immediate savory depth.
Second third
Primary notes: leather, earth, coffee, pepper.
Secondary notes: cedar, dark cocoa, baking spice, toasted tobacco.
Body: full.
Strength: medium-full.
Texture: chewy, dark, and direct.
The middle third is the most complete section. Leather and earth gain weight, coffee becomes darker, and pepper is more persistent on the retrohale. The best examples keep enough sweetness to avoid becoming purely dry.
Final third
Primary notes: earth, pepper, leather, dark tobacco.
Secondary notes: espresso, charred cedar, cocoa, mineral spice.
Body: full.
Strength: medium-full to full.
Texture: concentrated and spicy.
The final third can become intense. The profile tightens around earth, leather, pepper, and darker tobacco. Slow smoking helps preserve the cocoa and coffee notes.
Construction
Draw: typically medium to open.
Burn: generally dependable for a Cuban robusto.
Smoke output: generous.
Heat: moderate, rising in the last inch.
Overall assessment
Complexity: medium-high.
Evolution: strong movement from cedar-earth into leather, coffee, pepper, and darker spice.
Best use: a classic savory Cuban robusto when you want strength, body, and directness.
One-line tasting note
Earth, leather, pepper, cedar, coffee, cocoa, and savory spice in a full-bodied Cuban robusto.