Puros Indios Toro Especial

3.6 years old; Medium Body; $5.00
Rating out 4.5 of 5  

Ecuadorian Sumatran Wrapper; Ecuadorian Binder; Brazilian, Dominican y Nicaraguan Filler 

Construction - Rough w some soft spots.

Pre-light aroma was Hay

Pre-light draw was Hay

Drink - Coffee with Rum

1/3 - Great - Flavor started out nice and sweet.  Very smooth and sweet coffee RH; good draw & great sweet paper aroma.  Ragged burn with super strong ash.

2/3 - Great to Excellent - Sweet flavors are still hard at work just not as vibrant. The RH's are marvelously smooth and full of sweet coffee and some floral nuttiness. Doing a Retro-hale with every draw now because it is so tasty.  The aroma is awesome as well.  Only downside is the irregular burn and the fact that it went out for some reason. When it did, after re-light I puffed it up glowing bright red. Usually I get some bitterness when I do that.  This stick got sweeter and creamier!

3/3 - Great to Very Good - Sweet flavors march on unabated.  Just a hint of a whisper of spicy bitter cloves in the RH.  Some wrapper unwrapping issues as well.  The cigar fell apart in the last inch.

Sweet coffee finish

Easy band removal

Buy Again? Affirmative - I look forward to introducing its brothers to my torch in the not to distant future.  Another Ecuadorian Sumatran winner! 

Future Aging? Not yet

Smoke Time 2 hrs.  Smoked in the cold moist night air. Where is all this warmth we were promised this weekend?

Happy Smoking

Don Ricardo