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Casa de Torres Edicion Especial: flavour profile and cigars like it

Casa de Torres Edicion Especial is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a wrapper grown in Nicaragua and Costa Rica and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cedar, pepper, sweetness, fruit and herbs.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Micallef Reata and Protocol Silver Official Misconduct.

Casa de Torres Edicion Especial cigar
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What does Casa de Torres Edicion Especial taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cedar and wood
  • pepper and spice
  • natural sweetness
  • fruit and floral
  • hay and herbs

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperConflicting reports: Nicaragua versus Costa Rica.
BinderConflicting reports: Costa Rica versus Nicaragua.
FillerNicaragua
StrengthMedium to medium-full as published by zigarren-herzog.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byAugust Schuster is reported as importer and brand owner. The exact current maker was not disclosed.
SizesPerfecto 6×50

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

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 Casa de Torres Edicion Especial

The line. Cigarworld reports a December 2006 introduction. cigarworld.de

The brand. Casa de Torres is an August Schuster private label. It was developed with Nicaraguan producers in 1998. NicaSueño is documented as the 1998 founding collaborator. It is confirmed as Maduro Selection's maker, not automatically every line's current factory. onlineshop-helgoland.de

Cigars like Casa de Torres Edicion Especial

  1. Micallef ReataClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · Mild to mediumAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
  2. Protocol Silver Official MisconductAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  3. Black Works Studio Paper CraneAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
  4. All Saints Dedicacion HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cream and nuts, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  5. Ozgener Family Cigars AramasOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullLess hay and herbs, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Casa de Torres Edicion Especial as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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