Toscano (?) Italian Cigar Review

[NathanJD]

wow that's an ugly looking cigar! glad it smoked well though great review!

[Motormadj]

nice reviw mate, thanks. Rather interesting looking sticks.

[saidone]

Hello,
I'm from Italy and I'm a toscano smoker
The first cigar (the entire one) is a "Toscano Classico", a machine made with italian kentucky tobacco (fermented) and aged for 6 months. It's a very cheap cigar (5.50 ? for a pack of 5) but also very appreciated.
The second one, with the Granduca Leopoldo (great duke of Tuscany when it still was an independent state), is the "Toscano Originale", a higher class toscano, machine made in Lucca with north american kentucky wrapper and italian kentucky filler (toscani have not binders, only wrapper and filler): it costs 2.75 ? each.
There are more than 10 types of toscano, from the sweetest Garibaldi (all kentucky from south italy) to the "Antico Toscano", perhaps the stronger one (aged for at least 12 months).

good smokings

saidone

[TJCoro]

Indigenous.

Hello,
I'm from Italy and I'm a toscano smoker....

Great first post, muchacho! Now head on over to the Knewbee Greet forum and introduce yourself to the gang. You gotta' pay to play!

Cheers!


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[saidone]

You gotta' pay to play!

Paid, thanks! And "machine made in Lucca" was meant to be "hand made in Lucca", sorry ^_^

Cheers

[SmokeyDave]

that's from 'Pale Rider' isn't it? Or Josey Wales maybe?!?!

Also a song lyric from a Biffy Clyro song I think, Lonely Revolution or something similar.

[Jacob_22]

They are not flavored and they taste amazing. Very popular here in Sweden. I always have a bunch of them in the car just in case.
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[travisbickle34]

Nice review indeed

Now can someone tell me where I can get the Originales?

[saidone]

Now can someone tell me where I can get the Originales?

I know that the new owners of Manifatture Sigaro Toscano is pushing to sell cigars to a wider market.
Accordingly to their site (also in english: http://www.manifatturesigarotoscano.it) the referent for UK is:

Tabac World Ltd.
4 the Shipyard, isle of Man
IM8 3DT British Isles
Tel: +44 (0) 1624816034
Fax: +44 (0) 1624816035

I hope this will be useful.

Cheers,
Marco

[rokkitsci]

The Classico is one of the ugliest seegars I've ever smoked. And it's machine made! Must've taken some exceptional engineering to leave all those bumps and lumps in the damn thing.

Now, having said that... What a delightful surprise! I found them to be a lurvely, almost floral or fruity flavo(u)r with a great draw and billows of smoke. Would recommend them in a heartbeat.


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[Monkey Nuts]

I happened to pop in to my local B&M yesterday, and a packet of the Classico caught my eye, so finally I'll manage to give these a go sometime soon!

They sure look like they fell out of the ugly tree, hitting several branches on the way down, and then took a beating from the ugly stick. Very strong leathery smell too - they're being kept well away from my CC's

[Simon Bolivar]

I was chatting to an Italian gentleman on Wed, outside the Italian cafe in Belgravia, who was smoking a Classico. He said they were the only cigar he smoked & would rather go with out than have a Cuban. I guess they could ruin your taste for a more refined smoke

[tippexx]

You might be pleasantly surprised Si. They're a lot better than you might expect. Smoke them in the manner of a Lancero and they deliver bags of taste.

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/showthread.php?7817-A-UKCF-First-%97-Toscano-Classico

[TABAC WORLD LTD]

Great comprehensive review .

Marco is correct, Tabac World does have distruibution of three cigars in the Toscano range to the UK. The three cigars available in the Uk are: Toscano Antico (Ages 12months, procucing a stong and intense smoke) , Toscano Classico (Ages 6 months) and Toscanello (Ages 4 months).

Happy smoking guys

[Struth]

My Ma brought me two packs back from Majorca think they were around 5 euros a pack classico chopped one in half last night excellent with a bottle of red around 45 mins smoke