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Cirque Strongman (robusto) review
Smoked: 3/10 and 3/11
Both paired with Casey's Colombian French roast

Aggregate review follows:

The cigar feels slightly rough and toothy, is firm with slight give. The wrapper smells spicy, with notes of tobacco and black pepper. The foot gives tobacco, black pepper and earth. 1 was cut with my ultra slim, the other with V cutter. Unfortunately, both suffered splits at the cap, with the V being far less dramatic. The ultra slim rendered me a flag to smoke around.
Now, with that minor unpleasantness out of the way:

1st third: Tastes are of cedar and black pepper, with faint earthy and creamy notes hanging back. Aroma is rich, with a hint of Latakia ( @Haebar , I did learn something), cinnamon and baking spice.

2nd third: Tastes are cedar, unspecified pepper, with the cinnamon coming over and joining the creaminess. The Latakia aroma now turns a bit smoky, with richness and unknown spice. Here was the first (of very few) burn correction.

Final third: Tastes are leather, creamy, some salt and baking spice. Aromas are a hint of cocoa, spice, cedar cinnamon and a bread note. I did read the ad copy ahead of time (naughty, naughty), and I could almost hit salted pretzel with taste and aroma combined. Very nice!

Thoughts: Thanks to @JasonBCP for the samples. The Cirque has me intrigued, and wanting more. I'm a stickler for the Single-5er-Box rule, so if anybody wants to do a split, here's a feller that wants a 5er! Aside from the wrapper splitting at the cap, this stick is priced right, and definitely hits above its tag.