Partagas Flor De Tabacos 1845 Toro is my newest cigar in the collection. The Partagas name is always associated with great cigars and I have smoked a number of them in my life. This particular cigar is a Toro of 6 x 52. As always it was purchased from the Great Famous Smoke Shop. The best place to get your cigars quick and easy. Free shipping on most orders. Ok, enough marketing. However, feel free to check out their selection.
Before we begin the review let’s discuss a few things about the cigar. The construction of the cigar begins with the wrapper. The wrapper is an Ecuadorian Sumatran wrapper that is a little darker than the Connecticut wrappers but lighter than a Maduro. The binder is a Connecticut Broadleaf Habano and the filler is Dominican & Nicaraguan. The selection of the filler comes from the Ligero & Seco parts of the tobacco plant.
If you are unfamiliar with the terms above, then check out my post here Cigar Tobacco Leaves – Does It Really Matter? which will explain the different parts of the tobacco plant and how they make up the cigar.
The Beginning
The first part of the smoke was easy to light. I used my Vertigo lighter that looks like a flame thrower and it did the trick. The cigar was prepared with a guillotine cut. I always use a guillotine cut by the way as I believe I get the best draw on the cigar.
There is a lot of smoke with this cigar at the beginning of the light and it has a good aroma. The taste of the Sumatran wrapper is a little harsh at first but after about 60 seconds it was perfect and tasted like spice and pepper. The cigar is a little stronger than what I am used to with Ecuadorian Connecticut wrappers. Furthermore I am sure it is because I like a milder cigar.
Interesting fact is that you won’t read about a Maduro cigar review by me. This is because I don’t enjoy them as they are too strong for my liking. However, I have many friends who smoke them and love them and hopefully one of my friends can write a review for me.
The Middle
As the Partagas smoke progressed it became a little more mild and enjoyable. I was drinking a hot English Breakfast Tea to begin with and then switched over to nice single malt scotch. My favorite scotch at this time is a Macallan 12 year. Sometimes I like it neat and other times it is good with a whiskey rock or square cube. Sorry to the purist out there but I like my scotch many different ways.
The middle of the cigar did not waver too much from the beginning and it never smoked hot. The amount of smoke toned down as the cigar progressed. Still good and still enjoyable, but I noticed something about the ash that I will get into later.
By the way I smoked this in my upstairs office/cigar room. Listening to some John Coltrane and using my newly gifted Rabbit Air Purifier, which by the way is an amazing air purifier. You can check it out here if you need one.
Partagas 1845 Toro - The Last Word
The last third of the cigar smoked very well but I did have to light it a few times. I had to make the cigar smoke down evenly and because I was writing at the time I let it go out on me once or twice.
The peppery taste stayed with the cigar the whole way through. It took about an hour and ten minutes to smoke. This cigar was very good but not excellent for me as it was a little strong. You definitely need a drink in hand for this one but I will buy them again when the box is empty.
Now to the ash… The only draw back so far was that the ash kept falling off the cigar and did not stay together in one block. So there were ash floaters that kept falling off the cigar onto my desk. Given that fact, I would smoke this when you are outside and not in your own cigar room or you will be cleaning up ash later. This should be a great smoke for the golf course or when you are doing some work outside around the house.
I gifted a few of these Partagas 1845 Toro’s to my good friends Bill and Tadhg. They should enjoy them for sure.
All the best,
Dr. B