The Dominico Maduro Torpedo is a bundle cigar produced by Carlos Torano Cigars. They are sold in bundles of 25 for approximately $40.00, which makes the individual price $1.60 per stick. It is generally considered a medium to full-bodied cigar however I found it to be more on the mild to medium side. The
size or shape of this cigar is a torpedo and has a
ring gauge
of 52 and a length of 6 ¼”.
Flavor
Right from the start this is a nice tasting cigar with an immediate chocolate flavor and aroma. About 1” into the cigar the chocolate was joined by coffee and at the mid-point I could sense some oatmeal, just like the kind of taste you find in an oatmeal-raisin cookie. The flavor was fairly consistent until the middle of the cigar and then problems with the cigar construction ended the smoke.Draw and Construction
The Dominico has a dark maduro
wrapper, Indonesian
binder and Piloto Cubano Dominican
filler. They are made by Carlos Torano in one of their factories in the Dominican Republic. The Dominico is a tightly rolled cigar. The draw was also tight and I had to clip it twice, more than ¼” to get it to the point where I could draw enough to light it. The foot toasted nicely and started to burn evenly. At the 1” mark one side was burning faster than the other and continued that way until the ash fell off at 2 ¼”. Then the cigar went out. I re-lit it but without success. I had to use a large guillotine cuter to even out the cigar and then light it again. We are now at the halfway point of this smoke and already one hour has gone by. I believe that the slow burn is a result of the cigar being rolled too tight. I never could get it to light again properly and just put it down with at least 2 ½” to go.
Value
A $1.60 a stick it is a decent value for a long fill cigar however with the tight draw and the problems keeping it lit this cigar was more trouble than I had expected. I may want to try their Connecticut Shade wrapper at a later date to compare. Perhaps this is a cigar that would benefit from aging in your humidor which is something I will do and after a few months write a follow up review. I think the price point is good and that this cigar has some potential being a good smoke for under $2.
