Emilio La Musa Toro (6 x 50)

Video review HERE.

(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)

Since Emilio Cigars has consolidated its operations under James Brown‘s Oveja Negra Brands, the company has been resurrecting some of its more popular lines. At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show and Convention, the Emilio La Musa made a return – this time as a limited edition.

The La Musa is a Nicaraguan puro highlighted by a Sun Grown wrapper and Nicaraguan Habano wrapper. It will be available in two sizes: Robusto and Toro – each packaged in 25-count boxes.

Emilio La Musa was a brand that was created when Gary Griffith was the brand developer. At the time a decision had been made to rebrand the Emilio Grimalkin as the Emilio La Musa Mousa. Plans were to expand La Musa to include several blends. A second blend, Emilio La Musa Melete was released, but no further expansions happened. This time it’s simply “La Musa” – returning as a single blend in two different sizes.

Blend and Origin

Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown

Binder: Nicaraguan Habano

Filler: Nicaragua

Country of Origin: Nicaraguan

Factory: Fabrica Oveja Negra

Vitolas Available

Robusto: 5 x 50 (SRP $10.50)

Toro: 6 x 50 (SRP $11.00)

The cigar is a soft box press. The cigar has an average feel in the hand.

The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were cedar, brown sugar, molasses, earthy nutmeg, and earthy black coffee. There was a nice amount of black pepper rated at 7 1/2 - 8. There is nice sweetness in the cigar but a large amount of dark notes. The dark notes have a thickness to them, also. Nice start.

At the first third (21 minutes) the cigar has made some changes. It's more of a dry cedar, light caramel, leather, nutmeg, and black coffee. The molasses notes are gone. The new flavor of leather is in quite a large amount. The finish is leather, nutmeg, and the slightest hint of caramel with a nice amount of lingering black pepper. The black pepper on the front end has toned down just a bit to around 7 - 7 1/2. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The cigar seems to be burning quickly. I think this will be a "short" toro. But, I like the flavors and rated the first third at 93.

Moving through the second third (43 minutes) the cigar is indeed smoking quickly. Here in the second third the black coffee notes rose. The leather notes decreased. The nutmeg was unchanged. And, the cedar and caramel notes slightly reduced. But, in the case of this cigar it all works. Although there were reductions in sweeter notes and elevations in darker notes the cigar remained very good, just a little different. The finish is unchanged. The cigar is still medium to full bodied. This is a good cigar that made some changed. I maintained the score of 93 for the second third.

The cigar lasted 1 hour 4 minutes. A very fast time for a 6" toro. The cigar stayed on the same trajectory with the coffee notes continuing to rise and the sweeter notes slight reducing. The cigar reached very close to, if not, full bodied. The finish was unchanged. The darker notes rose to the point they affected the score. But, this is an enjoyable cigar. The leather combines nicely with the nutmeg. This cigar is not like the original when Gary Griffith was in charge of the brand but James Brown did a nice job with the new version. I rated the final third at 92.

Overall Score: 92.67