A cigar test is subjective

A notice: How you like a cigar is influenced by your personal taste preferences, taste memories, what you were like on the day, and what you ate or drank beforehand. Even the lighting mood in the room has an influence on the taste experienced. The notes described here do not necessarily correspond to your own impressions.

Fact Sheet La Galana Petit Toro

• Format: Petit Toro (length: 115 mm / ring size: 54)
• Tobacco:
  • Cover: Honduras
  • Binder: Honduras
  • Filler: Honduras
• Price: Status April 2021
  • CHF 8.10 / box of 25 CHF 186.30
  • EUR 7.00 / BUNDLE OF 25 OR BOX EUR 175.00
• Buy a cigar:
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Personal impressions of enjoyment

First half

• Tongue, palate: very slightly sweet / lots of cocoa, bittersweet / pleasantly sour / wood
• Retronasal : Lots of roasted aromas of strongly burning light wood
• R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: HELLOOOO!!!!! Full range of roasted aromas of espresso beans. Holy cow!!
• Umami: juicy / smooth / roasty
• Strength 2/5

Second half

• BANG! INCREASE IN EVERYTHING!
• Strength 2/5

What is “retronasal”?

Retronasal cigar enjoyment increases the taste. What it is and why it works and how to do it please read here . Above all, look at the ZiZo vacuum technology. Incredible increase in cigar enjoyment!

What is the “R+ ZiZo vacuum technology”?

This is the ultimate enjoyment of a cigar. Difficult to describe. I'll try it. Here is an example: A baby sucks on a pacifier. Try this technique with a cigar. Very little smoke gets into your mouth. But this one goes over the tongue and goes straight through the nose. I tried it on about 10 cigars before I mastered it. Please be very careful when practicing this technique: the smoke reached the back of my larynx several times. That was really bad. But now that I can do it, it's a perfect technique for enjoying a cigar.

What is Umami?

This means “tasty”, “spicy”, “essence”, “meaty”. This mixing of taste sensations is perceived in the middle of the tongue. You can find a good article about it on Wikipedia .

Non Cuba cigars and the important acclimatization

Recommendation for acclimatization: With cellophane for 3 days in the humidor.

The fact is: You don't know when the cigar was imported and how long it rested with the importer. You also don't know how long the rest period was at the dealer. The cigars have a shock after being transported from the tropics to us in Europe. You have to acclimatize first. The industry is sales-oriented. The cigars have to reach retailers quickly. Therefore, they may not taste the way they should.

If you buy individual copies

Place the cigar with the cellophane in the humidor. If your cigar doesn't have cellophane: Place it in tubes and then in the humidor. Or you can put the individual copies in a Zippo bag and put a small Boveda in it. You then put it closed in the humidor. Cigars that are stored open without cellophane or a box lose their flavor very quickly. This is proven with experiments in this article .

Conclusion La Galana Petit Toro and the cigar Zen

I don't like light cigars. They taste too monotonous for me. Things are different at La Galana. The tobacco from Honduras is excellent. The mix for this little bull is very successful. The balance between sweetness, bittersweet and some acidity is very balanced. The roasted aromas that you can taste in the middle of the tongue and also when you enjoy this cigar retronasally are a real treat for me.

Little fat guy, that's what you could call the cigar (or me, but I'm losing weight wonderfully at the moment...).