977. Rocky Patel Seed to Smoke Connecticut Shade Toro

Bought from Sweets n Cigars, Sweden.

Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: Honduran Connecticut Shade
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Honduras & Nicaragua
Origin: Honduras

Factory: El Paraiso (Honduras)
Box: Sold in 10 count bundles.
Release: 2023
Availability: Regular Production.

Size: 6×52, Toro.

Wrapper: Almond light brown, oily and smooth texture with tiny veins.

Construction: Fairly giving but even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Hay and cedarwood.

1st third: Hay, biscuits and bitter wood notes.

2nd third: Keeps the same.

Burn: Burns hasty and fairly sharp with a firm and stable white ash.

Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a medium heat feel on the tongue with a medium light draw.

3rd third: The bitter wood note is very prominent in this part otherwise unchanged.

Duration: 17:15-18:35, 1h 20min.

Conclusion: A mild bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. For what it is it’s an okay cigar, not a very eventful experience.

Result: In my book this is a 86 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André