Black Label Trading Co. Super Deluxe Toro Box Press

📌 Brand: Black Label Trading Co.
📌 Line: Super Deluxe
📌 Size: Toro (6" × 50)
📌 Weight: 15.8 g
📌 Age: 1 year
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Dark Chocolate – Bitter-sweet and rich

• Red Pepper – Sharp retrohale lift

• Earth – Deep, grounding layer

• Molasses – Subtle dark sweetness in the mid-third

First Impressions

The Super Deluxe Toro shows a dark, oily Mexican San Andres wrapper with rugged BLTC charisma and tight, precise seams. Pre-light aroma brings cocoa, damp earth, and pepper. Cold draw is noticeably firm, but flavors of chocolate and spice still peek through.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Chocolate, pepper, and earth open boldly. Tight draw slightly restricts smoke output but construction otherwise flawless.

• Second Third – Molasses sweetness develops, softening the spice. Earth deepens and pepper becomes more refined. Tight draw persists but doesn’t hinder burn quality.

• Final Third – Stronger espresso and earth with lingering chocolate. Spice rises again. Draw finally loosens slightly but remains firm. Burn stays straight to the nub.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Stiggins’ Fancy Pineapple Dark Rum , smoky-sweet pineapple and molasses that brighten the cigar’s heavy chocolate-earth core.

• Tea – Chinese Dian Hong Golden Tip Black Tea, smooth, malty, with honeyed edges to buffer the cigar’s peppery punch.

Music Pairing

“Karmacoma” – Massive Attack
Shadowy, textured rhythm fitting the cigar’s dark profile.

Final Thoughts

The BLTC Super Deluxe Toro delivers the brand’s signature darkness — chocolate, earth, pepper, and molasses — with excellent construction and razor-sharp burn. A tight draw holds it back slightly, but the flavor intensity remains strong throughout.

Final Score: 9/10
Why not a 10?
Firm draw throughout reduced smoke density and muted some transitions, otherwise nearly flawless.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.