Size: Toro ( 6" x 60 )
Wrapper: Ecuadoran Sumatra
Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan, Dominican (Piloto Cubano)
Paired with: Cold water
Big cigar ... a toro on steroids. Nice looking though with a smooth, oily, colorado colored wrapper with just a few small veins. The roll seems well packed with just a little bit of springiness. This is about the max ring guage for my Palio, but it cut without any problems. I don't normally smoke anything this size - but I've been wanting to try this line for awhile and this was the only one I had in my humidor.
It lit easily but the draw was a bit restricted ... I had to puff 2 -3 times to get a good volume of smoke. I don't think this was due to any constuction problems but rather just the girth of this cigar and the amount of tobacco the smoke has to travel through. This is why I primarily prefer 42-50 ring guage cigars.
The flavors over the first third were a core of mildly spicy tobacco and some sweet cedar. The burn was even and the ash a very solid light grey that held on for 2". I knocked it off on purpose to avoid a mess in my lap. The draw opened up somewhat on the second third. The spiciness retreated into the background with the sweet cedar taking center stage. Some coffee flavors came and went on occasion. Still buring nicely although the ash became just a bit flakey. Toward the final third the coffee flavors became somewhat muted and a new, undefined taste started tickling my tastebuds. I can only describe this as a very complex sweetness - like cocoa and vanilla combined. I put it down with just over an inch remaining.
Overall I'd put this cigar in the mild to medium category ... with the first half of it more toward the mild end. I'm glad I chose water to drink as anything with a strong flavor (black coffee, dark beer, scotch, etc.) would probably overpower this cigar. Not a bad value in the $3 - 4 range if you like milder, complex cigars (which I do). I'll smoke another one, although I'll probably get one of the smaller sizes.
Wrapper: Ecuadoran Sumatra
Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan, Dominican (Piloto Cubano)
Paired with: Cold water
Big cigar ... a toro on steroids. Nice looking though with a smooth, oily, colorado colored wrapper with just a few small veins. The roll seems well packed with just a little bit of springiness. This is about the max ring guage for my Palio, but it cut without any problems. I don't normally smoke anything this size - but I've been wanting to try this line for awhile and this was the only one I had in my humidor.
It lit easily but the draw was a bit restricted ... I had to puff 2 -3 times to get a good volume of smoke. I don't think this was due to any constuction problems but rather just the girth of this cigar and the amount of tobacco the smoke has to travel through. This is why I primarily prefer 42-50 ring guage cigars.
The flavors over the first third were a core of mildly spicy tobacco and some sweet cedar. The burn was even and the ash a very solid light grey that held on for 2". I knocked it off on purpose to avoid a mess in my lap. The draw opened up somewhat on the second third. The spiciness retreated into the background with the sweet cedar taking center stage. Some coffee flavors came and went on occasion. Still buring nicely although the ash became just a bit flakey. Toward the final third the coffee flavors became somewhat muted and a new, undefined taste started tickling my tastebuds. I can only describe this as a very complex sweetness - like cocoa and vanilla combined. I put it down with just over an inch remaining.
Overall I'd put this cigar in the mild to medium category ... with the first half of it more toward the mild end. I'm glad I chose water to drink as anything with a strong flavor (black coffee, dark beer, scotch, etc.) would probably overpower this cigar. Not a bad value in the $3 - 4 range if you like milder, complex cigars (which I do). I'll smoke another one, although I'll probably get one of the smaller sizes.
