Don Tomas
Toro Grande
Length - 165
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Ring Gauge - 50
Wrapper leaf: Mexico
Binder leaf: Colombia
Filler: Dominican Pepublic, Colombia, Mexico
Strength: 3
Duration of smoke: 50-60 minutes
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External appearance
Wrapper leaf colour: colorado maduro.
Wrapper leaf texture: rough, mat, slender.
Roll: optimal for its density, satisfactory quality, but uneven surface.
Aroma and taste in unlit state
Aroma: weak. Tangs: spicy (mild spices), earthy (dry earth), woody, animal, tobacco.
Taste: of average intensity. Tangs: spicy (white pepper), woody, herbal (medicinal herbs), vegetational (young birch buds).
Aroma and taste of the lit cigar
Aroma: of average strength. Tangs: spicy (black pepper, sweetish spices), animal (leather), the flavour of balsam (incense, rosin), woody (tropical woods).
Taste: of average strength, plain, pungent and bitter. Tangs: peppery, woody, earthy.
Aftertaste: of average length with traces of spice, woods, and slight nuances of balsam.
Burning
Shape of burning section: conical.
Draw: optimum.
Ash colour: light grey, almost white.
Ash structure: moderately dense.
Progression
First third: Spicy, animal and balsamy tangs are predominant in the aroma. The taste rapidly gathers richness and pungency with black pepper the most prominent.
Second third: The sensations produced by the cigar change imperceptibly. Burnt tangs (of burning wood) make themselves felt in the aroma, and there is a barely perceptible hint of sweetish fruit. The taste becomes more acrid, drier and harsher.
Final third: The aroma becomes more complex with animal tangs being distinctly felt, and mild sweetish spicy and tropical woody nuances appearing.
Recommendations
Accompanying drink: dark rum, a not too old blended whisky, Turkish coffee.
Smoking time: an evening with friends.
General impressions
The cigar does not amaze, but neither does it disappoint. It is a good quality product, which provides an even smoke. The aroma is rather straightforward, the taste a little too bitter, and the burning progression – aside from the last third – is not particularly interesting.
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