El Mejor Emerald Toro Review

[craigchilds]

El Mejor Elmerald Toro
Size: 6.0 x 52
Tobacco: Nicaragua, with a Hondruan-grown Corojo wrapper
Price: $2.25

My friend gave me this cigar one Saturday evening, to enjoy on his back porch with a single-malt libation. This line of cigars is blended and manufactured by Nestor Plasencia in his Honduras factory. Plasencia is most well-known for developing the Habana2000 wrapper (used in a variety of cigars, such as Maria Mancini ) and the popular blends for Rocky Patel's Edge and Sungrown lines. Despite a low price point and apparently being sold exclusively through Cigars International, we were both impressed by this cigar.

Appearance: The cigars came dressed in cedar sleeves, which always add a nice aroma, even if I don’t notice that they changed the taste very much. These cigars also have a pigtail cap (like the CAO criollo) and an unwrapped “shaggy foot”. I’ve heard the shaggy foot is popular in Cuba, and I’ve seen these before, but this was my first time to smoke one. The shaggy foot smoked as well as the rest of the cigar, but it was a little harder to get lit evenly than a regular foot.

Taste: It had a loose draw with lots of leafy, oaky, grassy flavors. It started off with mediuim body and strength, but grew stronger and spicier as it burned. Despite only being in the humidor a few days, my cigar did not taste at all young or harsh. The online description states the cigar goes through six months of box aging and has a “core of rich, searing Ligero tobaccos”. I don’t know about “rich” and “searing” but you can definitely taste the ligero leaf. The finish was unremarkable.

Construction: Smooth, even burn. No problems whatsoever.

I”d rate this a 7 out of 10. Definitely a decent bargain. Would try again.

[borndead1]

Love these smokes. To me they have a very unique flavor and aroma. I also like how the flavor changes so much when you smoke past the shaggy foot and the wrapper starts burning.

[Ratters]

Yep, great cigar for the money. You can grab boxes of cbid for 28-31 bucks or so. Very enjoyable smoke. I love the flavor change as the smoke hits the wrapper, shows how much wrapper really does affect taste.

[elderboy02]

I love these cigars. I got a box off C-bid for $31

I love the constant changing flavors.

[Biglizard1]

I enjoyed one too not long ago! Great review

[texasbadbob]

Thanks for the great review. Another winner from El Major.

[mtg972]

I had one of these last week. I love the fact that along with the spice, there's a sweetness to it. I may have to start checking out c-bid for these.