I was honestly expecting more from this cigar, since I liked the previous one so much, the 1959 Exodus Silver Edition, Grand Churchill. This Casa Torano wasn’t bad, but I couldn’t pull any unique flavors from it. It is probably just my inexperience in tasting, to date. I liked the smoke, it burned evenly and stayed lit for me, but I didn’t taste anything except regular, good smoke.
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25) Zino Platinum Grown Special Wrapper Chubby
Wow, this was a FANTASTIC smoke. I didn’t want to put it down. I lit it up, it smoked nice and smooth and the flavor was outstanding. I tasted woody flavors and some some hints of citrus (which I didn’t recognize, along with perhaps a slight nutty flavor. The ash clung to the end of the cigar and burned to a clean-looking white. It held for a long time on the cigar before I have to roll it off in the ashtray. There was plenty of smoke and the draw was near perfect.
From Carlos Torano’s website:
This cigar commemorates the exodus of expert cigar families and their impact on the cigar industry after the nationalization of all tobacco farms and factories by the Cuban government in 1959. The Toranos were one of those families. In the tradition of Cuban cigars, this blend is medium to full bodied. The beautiful Criollo wrapper blends magnificently with the combination of Honduran, Mexican and Costa Rican filler.
A friend gave me this stick and said that he had smoked one already and couldn’t taste the espresso, but he admitted that he had smoked it right after smoking another vitola, so he didn’t think that he got a good, accurate taste of this cigar.
I lit this one up and could immediately taste espresso and coffee. The flavor was very distinguishable, but not overly strong or overbearing. There was plenty of smoke and th draw was quite nice. The cigar kept going out, however, and I did have to re-light it several times before the end. About the last 1.5″ or so, the smoke started getting hot so I just put it down and gave it up. The flavor before that was quite good and I would smoke another one of these (especially if it is free 
) but I didn’t think that it was a “quality” smoke. I’ve had better quality, although the flavor is what makes this one good.