Carlos Torano Reserva Decadencia

[goodgollyjosh]

I have been smoking these for a while and find them to be an excellent flavored cigar if you enjoy red wine. They are aged at Wilson Creek Winery in Napa Valley in Port wine barrels. This is a dessert wine which are known to generally have a very high alcohol content. The cigars come in a glass tube and when removed are generally quite wet to the touch. This creates a very pleasant taste on your lips. However, I have noticed that some I have kept for several years have lost some moisture, even in the humidor and still in the glass tube. This did not detract too much from the overall experience though. They have all the nice characteristics one would want from a cigar: draw, ash build-up, an even cemetrical burn, flavor, etc.. Since I am not the best with flavors here is a quote from someone better than myself: "A smooth, creamy core of rich tobacco flavors mingles with notes of cocoa, with a sweet, velvety influence".

They have a Connecticut wrapper and I would classify it as a light bodied cigar. They can be had for $11 from a cigar shop or around $8.50 if bought in a six pack online. I think the ultimate would be to have a glass of Wilson's Port while smoking this...I have yet to have that experience. The bottle can be purchased for around $25 on their website if I remember correctly. Not sure if this is the right place for reviews, if not, a moderator can kindly move it to the appropriate place. Cheers!
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P.S. I did a search on this cigar and didn't find any previous reviews.

[JasonBCP]

I'm not a flavored cigar guy, but I do like these. Not sure what you meant by this, though: "find them to be an excellent acid cigar"

[goodgollyjosh]

I guess I just always thought an acid cigar was any flavored cigar...maybe I'm wrong about this.

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[goodgollyjosh]

I checked, yep I'm wrong about this. Acid is just a brand of flavored cigars...my bad. I have edited the review. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

[JasonBCP]

^Yeah, I thought that might have been the case. No worries, we were all new once. Here's an article we did on common cigar terms a while back: https://www.bestcigarprices.com/blog/9-terms-that-will-have-you-speaking-cigar-in-5-minutes/
And I believe there's a similar guide stickied somewhere on this forum.

[Cardinal]

Cool, thanks for the write-up! Never had these, sounds interesting. Also, don't worry about reviewing cigars that have already been done - we like to get all the opinions we can.

I moved to the Non-Habanos Reviews section for ya. There's a link off the General Cigars Discussion forum.

[Nature]

Thanks for the nice review!



P.S. I did a search on this cigar and didn't find any previous reviews.

Don't let this stop you. If you want to review a cigar peviously done, go ahead. Not everybody's experience or take on a cigar is the same.

[c.ortiz108]

Nice review. Sounds like an interesting under the radar smoke. I'm not sure just being aged in wine barrels classified as flavored, like Acids. Do you know if it's infused and sweetened?

[goodgollyjosh]

Unfortunately, I don't know anything more than I mentioned previous.

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[c.ortiz108]

I like the concept of aging tobacco in wine barrels. I have a Graycliff wine-barrel aged cigar - Hermitage, I think, but haven't tried it yet

[goodgollyjosh]

I like the concept of aging tobacco in wine barrels. I have a Graycliff wine-barrel aged cigar - Hermitage, I think, but haven't tried it yet

I just checked the price for a pack of 5...yikes. Well, if you ever decide to sell or trade...let me know.

[c.ortiz108]

I just checked the price for a pack of 5...yikes. Well, if you ever decide to sell or trade...let me know.

Try cbid. It cost me $2.

[goodgollyjosh]

Seriously? Ok, I'll definitely check them out.

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[c.ortiz108]

This is the one Graycliff Meritage Robusto (Single) (#2206919) - CigarBid.com (http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/lot/2206919/graycliff-meritage-robusto-single/) currently $4 but they always add more. Bundles of 15 are currently at $61, but with cbid you can often get singles cheaper.

[goodgollyjosh]

Wow! That's awesome, thanks!

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