Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon Churchill 7" * 48

A sweet and spicy medium bodied Churchill. The Cameroon wrapper and the Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers are a perfect match. Rated 90 by Cigar Aficionado 2007.

• Brands
  Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon

  The Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon is a well balanced, medium bodied cigar with hints of pepper and sweet spice. The name commemorates the year The Torano family moved from Spain to Cuba and entered into the tobacco business. Over the years they became one of the biggest and most well known growers of Cuban tobacco leaf. After fleeing Cuba in 1959, the family took their tobacco farming and cigar production to Dominican Republic, and later to Nicaragua, Mexico and Ecuador. Today, the Toranos are dedicated mostly to the production of cigars, but their extensive knowledge of tobacco is a great asset in producing some of the world's highest quality cigars. The cigar is flawless and burns perfectly. The Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon has been rated 90 (Outstanding) by Cigar Aficionado in 2004 and 2007.
• Cigar Shape
  Churchill

  This large corona is traditionally 7 inches by 48 ring. Length can vary from 6 3/4 to 7 7/8 in length by 46 to 50 ring.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  7"

  This cigar is 7 inches long, or 177.8 mm.
• Origin
  Nicaragua

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  48

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 48, so his diameter is 48/64 inches or 19.05 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Colorado

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Colorado is a medium brown color also known as EMS or English Market Selection as this used to be the color with more popularity in England than in America.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  General Cigars/ST Group

  General Cigar Company manufactures premium cigars in several factories located in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Founded by Edgar Cullman, Sr. in 1960, the company experienced incredible success with their Macanudo brand. After a series of acquisitions throughout the years that made General Cigars one of the largest cigar manufacturers in the world, the company merged with Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) in 2010.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Cameroon

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Cameroon wrappers are grown in the East part of the country. The growing area spreads over the eastern border, into the Central African Republic. Wrappers are air grown, without fertilizers and pesticides, by small farmers. The average plantation size is about one acre. The seed is originally from Sumatra, introduced in the country just after WWII.
• Cigar Binder
  Nicaragua

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.
• Cigar Filler
  Honduras

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  H-S6-L4