La Herencia Cubana Dos Capas Toro

Today we have the La Herencia Cubana Dos Capas Toro.  This cigar is barber-pole wrapped.  It has a Sumatra and Connecticut broad leaf maduro wrapper.  The cigar has no visible veins and tight visible seems.  It comes in a 6 X 52.  After lighting, the draw is perfect, producing large amounts of smoke with just a little bit of resistance.  The draw flavors are a smooth and sweet cedar and black pepper flavor and tingling sensation.  The finish has the sweet cedar and black pepper flavor and sensation with some faint notes of coffee and a little bit of earth.  The finish flavors fade fairly quickly and are at a mild to medium in body.  The burn is slightly wavy but not an issue through the first inch.

Two inches down and not a whole lot has changed.  The draw is still perfect.  The draw flavors remain the same as the last update.  The finish flavors are all still there as well.  The only difference is that the finish flavors have come up in body.  They stay on the palate till the next draw and are at a solid medium body.  The burn has evened out and is now burning above average.

Three inches down and some flavor shifts are occurring.  The draw flavors remain untouched.  The finish flavors come in on the palate in this order: The pepper flavor and tingle sensation, followed by a sweet earth and hint of coffee, followed by a leather and a peppery coco.  The flavors are still staying on the palate till the next draw and are at a medium body.  A nice natural sweetness accompanies all the flavors.  The draw remains perfect and the burn has stayed even and above average.

With just over two inches to go the pepper and leather have become the dominant flavors on the draw and finish.  The natural sweetness that has been present throughout the smoke has dissipated and the leather and black pepper are all that remain.  I sat the cigar down for the last time at the 1 hour and 10 minute mark, which is a pretty good smoke time for a toro.  For being barber-pole wrapped cigar it actually burned really well.


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Price: $5.25

Appearance: 9/10

Draw: 20/20

Burn: 18/20

Flavor: 16/20

Complexity: 17/20

Burn Time: 8/10

Overall Score: 88 / Good Cigar