Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro is medium brown with some darker marbling and has some decently raised veins present. The seams are smooth and the caps well applied. The band is a silver and black soft metal with the company logo on front and the name of the cigar on the side. The aroma from the wrapper is musty cedar and earth while the foot brings a very musty cedar. The pre-light draw brings cedar and floral notes.
Seth: The ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro has a solid Colorado Maduro wrapper with some oily aspects. Few veins are present as well. The cigar has a nice firmness, and a good cold draw. Aromas of earth, tobacco, wood and spices.
John: The ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro comes in cellophane and has a UPC sticker with the cigar information, a QR code and is perforated to remain intact when opened. I weighed the cigar at 18.8 grams, and the humidity was 61.6% as measured by the HumidiMeter Pro. Aromas from the cigar included sweet tobacco, bread, vegetation and wood. The foot smelled like a pilon of tobacco.

ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with musty, toasted cedar along with some mild black pepper. At a half inch in, a light dusty earth joins the profile. The retrohale is musty cedar with faint dusty earth. At an inch and a quarter, the black pepper has departed. As the third comes to a close, the musty, toasted cedar is up front, with the dusty earth just behind the middle of the profile. The strength was slightly below medium.
Seth: The first third begins with soft spices, cedar, hay and tobacco. Dryer profile and faint flavor profile overall. Some faint barnyard qualities with damp aspects. Medium in strength and body.
John: The first third begins with an earth and spice combination, as dry wood and spices team up through the finish into the post draw. The wood and spices are medium strength and building through the retrohale. A light plus sourness adds to the profile on the finish and post draw. Lingering pepper also joins the post draw as the first third progresses. The spices and pepper recede to light plus at roughly the one inch mark. As the first third continues, the profile has settled into sweet wood, tobacco to follow, a mild bread center and a mildly dry wood on the finish.

ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, the mustiness mellows a bit and a light black pepper returns to the profile. At a quarter inch in, a light chalkiness becomes present. At three quarters of an inch in, the earth loses the dustiness and increases a bit. The retrohale is now light musty, toasted cedar, earth and mild black pepper. At an inch in, the chalkiness has departed. At an inch and a half in, the toast level increases a bit. As the third comes to a close, the light musty, toasted cedar is up front, with earth in the middle and black pepper in the background. The strength bumped up to medium.
Seth: The second third is fairly in line with the first. Dry earth, wood, tobacco and hay. Pepper spices are a little bit more prominent with this Sumatra tobacco flavor profile on the finish. Damp tobacco. Medium in strength and body.
John: Medium strength spices to start the second third with wood mixing in, mild bread in the center and a dry, spicy wood to finish. That profile remains stable for some time without intensity or flavor updates to remark on. By the halfway point, wood through the post draw has taken on some medium-full tannins.

ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the black pepper picks up a bit. At a half inch in, the pepper is now even with the earth in the middle of the profile. The retrohale is now musty, toasted cedar and earth. At an inch and a quarter, the earth and pepper both move to the background. As the cigar wraps up, the light musty, toasted cedar is up front, with the earth and black pepper in the background. The strength remained at medium.
Seth: The final third is a continuation of the second. I don’t have much to add. Became less and less interested as the cigar progressed.
John: Wood leads off the last third with dry wood in the center and tannic wood on the post draw. That profile remains consistent to the halfway point with no strength or profile changes to remark on. Through the bottom half, the profile remains defined by various combinations of wood.

ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro

Burn

Aaron: The burn was wavy throughout and the cigar went out three times through the first two thirds.
Seth: Burn was average from start to finish.
John: The burn was straight through the first third with the ash holding on over one inch increments. The burn was wavy at times through the second third and then straight through the last third.

ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro

Draw

Aaron: The draw was fairly snug through the first two thirds and then opened up a bit in the final third. This snugness may have contributed to the burn issues.
Seth: Decent draw.
John: The draw was a minor amount into the resistant spectrum, roughly 1-1/2 to 2 notches.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with musty, toasted cedar along with some mild black pepper. Some dusty earth joined in fairly quickly and the black pepper departed a bit later. The second third saw the black pepper return and some light chalkiness joined in for a bit. The final third saw the pepper pick up a fair amount and then the earth and pepper mellowed towards the end. The ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro had an average flavor profile throughout, focused around the musty cedar, earth and black pepper. The constructions issues were a bit of a downer and not sure how much they contributed to the flavor delivery. I just don’t see myself coming back to this unless the others had a vastly different experience.
Seth: The ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro, what a name, is really a dud of a cigar. It captures those negative stereotypical Dominican characteristics, and really shows the lack in Sumatra tobacco. At $18.00, this is a serious no. Hell, even at $9.00 this is a serious no. ADVentura is really hit or miss with its blends, and they seem to be on a slightly downward spiral recently.
John: The ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro delivered pleasant flavor combinations for most of the review, however I did not find the profile to be overly engaging or interesting. The last third was defined by dry and tannic wood which was a very linear experience. The burn was perfect while the draw was slightly towards the resistant spectrum. I think ADVentura has turned out some impressive blends in the past, some of which have landed on our end of year cigar lists. For me, the The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro didn’t leave me with a standout impression and didn’t stand out from their offerings. Total smoking time was 2 hours and 12 minutes.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.05

Cost/Point

$3.56

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

4.08

Cost/Point

$4.41

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

5.25

Cost/Point

$3.43

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: ADVentura The Royal Return The Chancellor Toro