Te Amo Toro (6 x 52)

Video review HERE.

(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)

Once dubbed the “Cab Driver’s Cigar,” this new Te Amo is branded “The Original San Andrés Valley Cigar”. Altadis U.S.A. will be working with the Turrent family to produce this cigar. The Turrents not only produce the cigar but are also the leading grower of tobacco in Mexico. Altadis U.S.A. says Alejandro Turrent will be supporting them in an event series this spring.

The Te Amo is a Mexican puro featuring a Mexican San Andres wrapper over Mexican binder and filler tobaccos. Te Amo is being offered in three sizes, each packaged in 20-count boxes. The sizes include Robusto (54 x 5, SRP $10.39/cigar), Toro (52 x 6, SRP $11.22/cigar), and Magnum (60 x 6, $12.71/cigar). The brand also has received all-new packaging.

Altadis U.S.A. says Te Amo will be a regular production cigar.

Altadis sent me one sample to try so this will be my initial thoughts. An "on the spot" review, if you will.

The cigar is nicely made and has a nice feel in the hand.

The test draw after cutting the cap was good. The initial flavors at light up were light citrus, citrus peel, quite a bit of lime, brown sugar, and black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 8. Pretty good start.

At the first third (32 minutes) the cigar settled down into notes of lime, brown sugar, and black coffee. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is lime and very good lingering black pepper. The lime and brown sugar is a pretty nice flavor combination. The black coffee is not pronounced but it's there. The finish is nice. I rated the first third 92.

As I moved through the second third (1 hour 12 minutes) the lime and brown sugar are still there but there is a lot of earthiness. The cigar is full bodied. The finish is unchanged. The earthiness takes away a lot of enjoyment but the cigar is not too bad at this point. I rated the second third 90.

The cigar lasted 1 hour 40 minutes. A nice burn time. The earthiness kept increasing. The lime and brown sugar cannot keep up. The cigar is full bodied. The finish is unchanged. For me, the earthiness was way too much compared to the sweet notes. I rated the final third 87. For an all Mexican tobacco cigar it's not bad but it's too earthy. This is the only sample I had so these are my "on the spot" thoughts. Give it a try and see what you think.

Overall Score: 89.67