My Father El Centurion H-2K-CT Toro

📌 Brand: My Father
📌 Line: El Centurion H-2K-CT
📌 Size: Toro (6" × 52)
📌 Weight: 17.2 g
📌 Age: 4 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

‍ ‍Tasting Notes

• Cedar – Clean and woody base

• White Pepper – Sharp but restrained spice

• Cream – Brief moments of smoothness

• Bitter Earth – Appears as the burn worsens

First Impressions

The El Centurion H-2K-CT Toro has an attractive Connecticut wrapper with a silky texture and elegant appearance. It feels evenly packed and well made in hand. Pre-light aroma reveals cedar, cream, and light pepper. The cold draw is excellent and gives no warning of the issues to come.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Opens pleasantly with cedar, cream, and gentle pepper. The first few draws are smooth and promising.

• Second Third – Burn problems begin to appear, with the cigar burning unevenly and requiring the first correction. Flavors remain decent but become less focused.

• Final Third – The burn becomes increasingly troublesome, requiring multiple touch-ups and corrections. Bitter earth and harshness start to overshadow the cigar’s earlier creaminess.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Chartreuse Jaune (France) - Herbal sweetness and soft spice help revive the cigar’s fading complexity and balance the bitterness.

• Tea – Anxi Tie Guan Yin Oolong - Floral, creamy, and fresh, it restores some elegance that the cigar loses in the final third.

Music Pairing

“Ball and Biscuit” – The White Stripes
Starts strong and exciting, but with a rough edge that suits the cigar’s uneven journey.

Final Thoughts

My Father El Centurion H-2K-CT Toro begins with promise, showing cream, cedar, and light spice, but very poor burn performance ultimately ruins the experience.

Final Score: 5/10
Why not a 10?
Severe burn issues and repeated corrections disrupted the cigar and overwhelmed its better flavors.

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