Entrada Toro

📌 Brand: Entrada
📌 Line: Toro
📌 Size: Toro (6" × 54)
📌 Weight: ~14 g
📌 Age: 4 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Cedar – Woody backbone with a touch of sweetness

• Earth – Rustic, grounding base note

• Cocoa – Gentle, bittersweet layer

• White Pepper – Mild spice, especially on the retrohale

First Impressions

The Entrada Toro wears a medium-brown wrapper with a slightly oily sheen. Pre-light aromas include cedar, cocoa, and earth. Cold draw is open with a hint of pepper.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Cedar and earth open the profile, with cocoa peeking through. Burn starts to waver early.

• Second Third – White pepper and earth add texture, but tunneling develops, requiring multiple corrections.

• Final Third – Cedar remains but muted, cocoa fades, and burn problems persist, disrupting the finish.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey (Ireland), with vanilla, rum-cask sweetness, and spice to brighten a muted smoke.

• Tea – Golden Needle Black Tea (China), malty-sweet with gentle spice, bringing balance to the uneven profile.

Music Pairing

“Rat Race” – Bob Marley & The Wailers

Lively groove cutting through the cigar’s struggles.

Final Thoughts

The Entrada Toro shows promise with cedar, cocoa, and earth but is let down by poor burn and tunneling. While flavors are there, construction issues make it more frustrating than rewarding.

Final Score: 6/10
Why not a 10?
Burn and tunneling problems dominated the smoke, muting complexity and limiting enjoyment.

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