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(Description taken from Cigar-Coop.com website)
The San’Doro Maduro is a Brazilian puro cigar launched by Villiger Cigars in 2015. It was one of three blends under Villiger’s San’Doro line. Villiger is a cigar company well-known in the machine made business, but over the past several years has invested in growing its premium hand-made segment. Villiger has teamed up with many leading factories such as Tabacalera Oliva, Tabacalera Palma, and Placencia. At the same time the company does own a factory in the Bahia region of Brazil known as Charutos Tobajara Ltda – and that is the place where the San’Doro Maduro is produced. While Brazilian puros are not a common offering in the U.S. market, it is not Villiger’s first Brazilian puro as the company produces another one out of the same factory known as Tobajara. Today we take a closer look at the San’Doro Maduro, a cigar offered in a Toro size. Overall, I found this to be a very enjoyable cigar and one definitely worth seeking out
It was in 2015 when Villiger unveiled its San’Doro line, a line that pays homage to Christopher Columbus. The name San’Doro is actually derived from “Indorum Sana Sancta” which translates to “Sacred Herb of India”. During the time of Columbus’ expeditions, many thought he had found the route to India and when tobacco was brought back, it was referred to as “Indorum Sana Sancta”.
As a side note this particular cigar was made in Villiger Cigars new Brazilian factory.
Blend Profile
The San’Doro Maduro consists of 100% Brazilian tobacco. The cigar incorporates the two major varietals of Braziliant tobacco – Mata Fina dn Mata Norte.
Wrapper: Brazilian Mata Fina
Binder: Brazilian Mata Norte
Filler: Brazilian Mata Fina, Brazilian Mata Norte
Country of Origin: Brazil (Charitos Tobajara Ltda)
Vitolas Available
The Villiger San’Doro Maduro Toro is available in one size – a 6 x 50 Toro. The cigars are packaged in 20 count boxes.
The cigar is a darker shade of brown and has a very nice weight. It is very dense feeling for a 50 ring cigar.
The test draw after cutting the absolute minimum from the cap was very good. The initial flavors at light up were heavy unsweetened dark chocolate, earthy black coffee, and raw almonds. There was also black pepper which I rated a 7. I have reviewed several Brazilian puros and typically Brazilian tobacco does not have a lot of sweetness. It has a unique flavor. This cigar is no different.
About 1 inch in (23 minutes) the cigar is burning evenly and very slowly. I mentioned earlier that if felt very dense and it's burning as though it will have a very long burn time. From my experience Brazilian puros typically do not change a lot so I will not be doing a scoring every 1/3 of the cigar. Rather, I will try to describe the flavors and give a single overall score at the end. At this point I noticed some light cedar notes which help give it a touch of sweetness. The finish is a cream/raw almond mix. For the most part this is a very dark, unsweetened cigar; heavy unsweetened dark chocolate, earthy black coffee, raw almonds, and cedar. I would call the cigar medium bodied. 
This is a shot of the cigar at the midpoint +/-. The burn time at this point was 1 hour. No major changes were noted in the flavors. 
The cigar lasted a whopping 1 hour 57 minutes! An extremely long burn time for a 6 x 50 cigar. The flavors noted at light up continued with some increases here and there of different notes but nothing significant. As the cigar went along the cedar notes came out just a tad and along with them a minor amount of sweetness. I would call the cigar medium bodied overall. The finish did not change. This cigar is for someone who likes very dark noted cigars with very little sweetness. Several current releases by Villiger Cigars have scored very well in my opinion. This cigar is not in my lane. But, I can definitely see a place for it in certain occasions.
Overall Score: 85
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