Connecticut wrapper · Mild to medium
Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño: flavour profile and cigars like it
Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Honduras and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream and cedar.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Unicorn and Southern Draw Rose of Sharon.
What does Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño taste like?
- cream and nuts
- cedar and wood
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaraguan |
| Filler | Honduran, Nicaraguan, plus undisclosed family tobaccos |
| Strength | Mild to medium as published by stogiereview.com |
| Body | Mild to medium |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Toraño Family Cigar Company, historical brand owner and distributor |
| Factory | Latin Cigars de Honduras; exact facility location unreported |
| Sizes | Robusto 4.75×52 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Walt (stogiereview.com), Robusto, 4.75 x 52 (2007)In our words: Mild toast and nuts. Later smoke became harsher.
Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.
About Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño
The line. The family house blend became a commercial release in 2004. stogiereview.com
The brand. Carlos Toraño began distributing cigars under his name in 1994. cigaraficionado.com
Cigars like Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño
- Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée Blue UnicornClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, about the same strength.
- Southern Draw Rose of SharonAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, about the same strength.
- Alec Bradley ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
- Raices Cubanas ClasicoAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAlso made in Honduras, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
- Rocky Patel Edge ConnecticutOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · Mild-medium to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, more natural sweetness, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.