Wednesday, April 06 2011
Cigar of the Week: Vueltabajo Toro
Size: 6" x 50
Strength: Medium
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
Filler: Nicaraguan Estelí & Jalapa
Binder: Nicaraguan
Last month I posted an article about The Journey DVD, a visual history of the Toraño family and a look at how they produce their cigars. The Toraños lived in the town of San Luis in the Vueltabajo region of Pinar Del Rio Cuba until the 1959 Revolution forced them to leave the country. Following the family's exodus, they purchased farmland in The Dominican Republic where Carlos Toraño introduced the first Cuban Piloto Cubano seeds. As the company grew, they eventually built cigar factories in Honduras and Nicaragua.
It's not hard to imagine that the Vueltabajo region has a lot of personal significance to the Toraños. So, to achieve a "fundamentally" Cuban-like smoke, Vueltabajo cigars are blended with Nicaraguan longfillers from Estelí and Jalapa rolled in Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut wrappers.
The Toro has become one of my favorite morning cigars for its creamy taste, ability to pair-up nicely with coffee, and redolent aroma. The smoke is medium in body offering a rich, earthy-woody character with notes of sweet spice and leather in the mix. They're also pretty affordable, so, considering the quality (and love) that goes into these cigars, they're a good value.
See pricing and offers for all Vueltabajo cigars.
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