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Old 04-27-2009, 03:59 PM   #1
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Carlos Toraño 'Casa Toraño' Maduro Lancero

Casa Toraño Maduro Lancero

Dimensions: 7 inches by 38-ring gauge.
Cap: Classic pigtail.
Wrapper: Oscuro. Blackish toned burnt umber to sepia hue with scattered cocoa brown areas more prevalent near the head.
Filler leaves: Straw coloured through Van Dyke brown to burnt umber. Quite dark.
Roll density: Firm.
Combustion characteristics: Some uneveness of the burn line early on, but this corrected itself in short order. Otherwise, the draw and combustion were excellent.
Duration: A little over 1 hour.
Accompanying beverages: Dalmore Cigar Malt and filtered water on the side.

Pre-light aroma: Sweet tobacco. Barnyard. Caramel. Apple wood.

Post-light characteristics:

Overture: Bittersweet and slightly charred at the outset.
Early stages: Soya sauce. Wild mushrooms. Expresso. Weathered cedar overtones. A very broadly conveyed yet unobtrusive earthy component.
Mid-portion: Dark Madagascar chocolate. Maple sap. More dark roasted coffee notes. A hint of blackberries and ground pepper, the latter rather subdued.
Late stages: Good sweet-dry balance with the core tobacco taste reasserting itself amidst the secondary flavour elements.

Strength: Definitely in the medium range despite the 'dark' tonality of the flavour presentation.

Positive impressions: A pleasurable cigar. The Nicaraguan tobacco aspect appeared to permeate most of the smoke, and melded in a sufficiently satisfactory manner with the additional sweetness of the Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed Maduro wrapper leaf. The degree of complexity was also quite noteworthy.

Negative impressions: Overall, there seemed to be very little dynamic progression through the session. And despite the aforementioned complexity and wealth of flavours, I sensed an overall dullness that compromised the clarity of the various elements.

Perhaps the next sample will improve on this performance?
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