Summary:

A rich-flavored, medium-bodied, maduro cigar, with an excellent aroma. A smooth, refined and sophisticated smoke that is extremely consistent.

Background Information:

The CT Signature Toro is 6 inches long with a 50 ring gauge. The cigar has a sun-grown Brazillian Arapiraca maduro wrapper over a Connecticut Broadleaf binder. The filler is a mix of Dominican Cubana ligero and Nicaraguan Habano ligero tobacco. Each cigar is individually wrapped in a cedar sleeve. Manufactuered at the Cuevas y Hermanos factory in the Dominican Republic for Toraño y Cia.

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Richard Hendrix at Blank Mind Blog recently reviewed the Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño Toro. Here’s an excerpt from his review:

“I had high expectations for the Carlos Torano Casa Torano Toro after looking over the construction, the wrapper was a beautiful light brown, tannish color with very few veins. A wonderful silky smooth texture and a slight cedar scent made me think this third smoke was to be a notable one.”

Unfortunately, the cigar he sampled did not live up to Richard’s expectations. This is a stick that I haven’t tried myself, but I’m usually quite fond of Toraño offerings and I was disappointed to hear of problems with one of their cigars. Check out the review for yourself at Richard’s Blank Mind Blog. Perhaps you’ll have a suggestion on what went wrong with the cigar.

Matt’s Cigar Journal has a review up of the Carlos Toraño Signature Toro. He mentions that it is his first published in-depth review of a cigar. I wouldn’t have known that if he hadn’t mentioned it — the review is very good with lots of good detail.

Here’s an excerpt:

“In the beginning the burn was as close to a straight line as is probably possible. The ash maintained it shape nicely and was not flaky at all. The smoke off the foot held together a long time as if it was almost solid. The smoke I exhaled was the same, very slow to diffuse. About an inch in the spiciness mellowed and the cedar flavor took over along with an undertone I found hard to identify. “

I recently reviewed the same cigar myself, and if you compare what I said with what Matt said you’ll notice that we share a very high opinion of this cigar. That doesn’t surprise me, since as I mentioned the Toraño Signature Toro is a very consistent cigar.

Check the cigar out yourself. I think you’ll like it. I’d say the same about Matt’s site, and I hope that he posts some more cigar reviews in the future.

From Toraño Cigars:

“Toraño Cigars enjoyed the spotlight at two prestigious events recently, enhancing their visibility and reputation on the international scene. The fourth-generation family-owned premium cigar producer is the only company to own factories in all three major cigar-producing countries: Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.

“The Toraño family took top honors at the 2005 annual “Cigar Awards” evening, sponsored by Europe’s most widely-read cigar publication, European Cigar Cult Journal. Coinciding with RTDA 2005, the awards presentation was held on August 7, at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. The Austrian publication’s Editor-in-Chief, Reinhold Widmeyer, presented the award for “Best Honduran Brand” to Vice President Charlie Toraño.

The award was based on results of extensive tasting by a panel of experts, and reflected the Toraño’s overall superiority as a Honduran cigar maker. It was determined largely on the quality and performance of the Toraño Exodus 1959 and Exodus 1959 Silver Edition, two cigars that have earned top ratings in other cigar publications. Vice President Charlie Toraño, in accepting the trophy, expressed “gratitude and pride at being chosen to represent Honduras and its great tradition of cigar making.”

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