I’ve been wanting to try these smokes for a while now, and I am glad that I finally ordered some. I got them from www.joecigar.com
The cigar started strong with a lot of smoke. It stayed strong all the way to the end, giving good tastes of wood and perhaps some nutty flavor that I couldn’t place. The draw was near perfect. The only thing that disappointed me was that it kept going out. I had to re-light it literally about 10 times during the course of the smoke. I was waiting only 1-3 minutes in between puffs, so it should have stayed lit much better, in my opinion. It could be the fact that I smoked the cigar right when I received it in the mail and if it had been kept in a very moist place, it could have been too humid. So the other 2 sticks I got, I am going to leave in the humidor for a couple of weeks before trying to smoke them again.
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For vacation we traveled to Gulf Shores, AL to spend some time on the beach at Gulf Shores Plantation. So naturally I went into the humidor, and picked out 3 great smokes.
The first one was the Padron 1964 Imperial. This cigar started heavy and robust, with a full-bodied flavor, which was probably just a bit too strong. However, this quickly mellowed into a nice, flavorful treat of a smoke. I tasted hints of chocolate and nice woody flavors. I’d definitely like to pick one of these up again for another holiday smoke, and if I can find it at the cheap price I got this one for again (at the Bedford cigar shop) I will surely do so.
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That’s right, I smoked the #1 cigar of 2007 last week. My friends in my Cigar Herf Club bought me this tasty treat for my birthday last month, so I aged it in the humidor for a couple of weeks and then brought it out to smoke it.
The cigar started and ended very smooth. Strong tastes of cherry and cocoa began at first which tasted very nice. About 1/3 of the way into it those tastes went away, leaving a nice earthy, woody flavor. This last throughout the rest of the cigar, but the cocoa crept back up 2 or 3 more times during the last half of the smoke. The ash was a nice light gray and clung to the end of the cigar very strongly. I didn’t ever have to re-light it and I smoked it down as far as I could. It did start to get hot at the very end, but it wasn’t too bad.
This was a fantastic smoke, but sadly I think that I still like the A. Fuente Ańejos better. Still, I am quite glad I got to try this cigar.
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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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1) Padron Serie 1926 No. 9
2) Fuente Fuente OpusX PerfecXion No. 2
3) Montecristo No. 2
4) Oliva Serie V Torpedo
5) Ashton Virgin Sun Grown Torpedo
6) Cohiba Madura 5 Secretos
7) Illusione CG:4
8 ) Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Maduro Epicure
9) CAO Vision Prana
10) Dunhill Signed Range Toro
11) Montecristo Petit Edmundo
12) San Cristobal Monumento
13) Camacho Select Torpedo
14) La Flor Domincana Double Ligero Chisel Maduro
15) Tatuaje Havana VI Angeles
16) Punch Double Coronoa
17) Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic 1979
18) Felipe Power Robusto
19) Romeo y Julieta Aniversario Corona
20) Gran Habano 3 Siglos Gran Corona
21) Sosa Wavell
22) La Gloria Cubana Selectos de Lujos
23) Padilla Signature 1932 Lancero
24) The Edge Sumatra Toro
25) Zino Platinum Grown Special Wrapper Chubby
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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.
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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.
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This was our cigar for the February Herfers.com Herf. It was a very good smoke. The cigar was light and I tasted hints of vanilla cream, a slight woody taste that I couldn’t really recognize, and towards the end I was tasting a touch of pepper. The vanilla cream taste lasted through the entire cigar and it never got hot at the end. There was plenty of smoke, it burned evenly and I never had to re-light it.
I got 5 sticks for the herfers.com exchange, and I look forward to smoking the other 4 of these.
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The Gurkha Double Maduro was a Toro-sized vitola that measured 6.0×52. The stick features a Costa Rican double-maduro leaf that’s dark and oily and soft to the touch. The smoke started rich and full and finished that was all the way to the nub. It had plenty of smoke and a taste of leather and a spice that I believe was nutmeg.
A friend of mine smoked one of these at our weekly poker game and he said that the draw was tough and the taste was bland, but I didn’t find this to be true at all. I am thinking that he probably got a bad stick that wasn’t stored properly.
I’d be happy to smoke one of these again, it was a good smoke.
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Indian Tabac Super Fuerte cigars offer a rich, complex-tasting, box-pressed edition with a nutty flavor, extraordinary balance, and no bite.
I didn’t taste anything specific in this cigar. The flavor was good, but I couldn’t really place it. Perhaps it was nutty, I didn’t taste it all that well. But I do like the smoke alot, it was better than the Indian Tabac Buffalo that I smoked last and not as harsh as the Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Maduro that was my first smoke.
I bought a 5-pack of these and I will definitely look forward to smoking another one.
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