Today we offer the Stogie Press Rough Cut cigar review notes on the Miami Cigar Co. 25th Anniversary Toro – San Andres cigar.

Introduced in 2014 to celebrate Nestor Miranda’s 25 years in the business the Miami Cigar Co 25th Anniversary came in 2 different blends.

Nicaraguan – Mexican San Andrés wrapper with Nicaraguan fillers.
Dominican – Connecticut broadleaf wrapper with Brazilian, Dominican, and Nicaraguan fillers

Both are available in 1 vitola – a 5 1/4 x 54 Toro and packed in an individual coffin.

I sampled the Dominican for this review which was gifted to me by my fellow Stogie Press associate Alton Otto.

Cigar Review Notes

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Nice sweet tea and exotic spice pre-light aroma
Rugged cigar with prominent veins
Very dark maduro wrapper
Black and silver band with pale yellow words “Miami Cigar Company” and “25” below it.
Secondary band declares it is the Dominican blend
Nelson Miranda Signature on side of band
Cold draw has some pepper that grows as you roll it about along with some fruit and a hint of vanilla
Roasted nut aroma once ignited – reminds me of streets of NYC on a summer day
Heavy pepper and earth on the Initial puffs
I can taste the cold draw fruit on the side of my tongue
A little citrus and a little sweet
Decent nasal burn
Perfect burn
Medium grey ash on a thin char line
Pepper settles down after an inch
Coffee and with a long nut finish
Just a sliver of red pepper to keep that palate awake
The draw is perfect and the smoke is full
Aroma is pepper spice and nut
Ash fell after the first third
Perfect burn cone revealed
Strength is clocking in around medium to full and building
A nice spice is filling in the blend as the pepper has faded
The fruit shifts to more of a tangy citrus
Strength moves into full as my puff rate slows down by the middle of the second third
Aroma moves to floral
White pepper evolves at end of second third
Picking up anise in final third