Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the Broncano Classic Silver Toro is dark brown, with an immense amount of tooth and some raised veins. The seams are a bit raised while the head is well finished. The band is silver and black and denotes the brand and line. The aroma from the wrapper is smoky wood, earth and cocoa powder, while the foot brings cedar, earth and light spice. The pre-light draw brings an airy mix of wood smokiness and earth along with mild spiciness on my lips.
Seth: The Broncano Classic Silver Toro is finished with a lovely wrapper that is between Colorado Maduro and Maduro in coloring. Coffee bean to milk chocolate coloring. It sports minor veins throughout, small in size and the cigar has a fine silky texture. The cigar is firm in hand and rolled quite well. The wrapper has a soft aroma with rich earth and spicy qualities, while the foot gives off notes of rich earth, spices, cocoa and tobacco.
John: The Broncano Classic Silver Toro comes in cellophane and does not have a UPC sticker. There is a single primary band indicating Broncano Cigar Company. I weighed the cigar at 18.0 grams and measured the humidity with the Humidimeter Pro at 66.1%. Aromas from the wrapper included earth and tobacco with mild herbal and wood notes underneath. From the foot, I was getting earth, dry wood and hay.

Broncano Classic Silver Toro

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with lightly smoky, toasted oak, some earth and very mild black pepper. At a half inch in, some creaminess joins the profile and the black pepper increases a bit. The retrohale is oak, creaminess and some earth. At an inch in, the smoky note is barely hanging on. As the third comes to a close, the faintly smoky, toasted oak is up front, with earth just ahead of the middle of the profile, black pepper just behind the middle of the profile and some creaminess a bit further behind. The strength was slightly below medium.
Seth: The first third starts off with soft cocoa notes that are paired with dark earth and spice notes. There are pepper and wood qualities present, and a touch of coffee beans on the finish. It is not as pronounced as I was expecting, and smoking at a medium level for strength and body.
John: My initial flavor impressions in the first third are creamy chocolate, with earth and wood making up the center and the earth carrying through the finish. As the first third settles in, wood and mild baking spices begin to lead off. Coffee notes mix into the retrohale as the first third continues. Through the bottom half of the first third, the finish and post draw are primarily wood-forward.

Broncano Classic Silver Toro

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, a bit of cocoa powder joins the profile. The retrohale is now oak, earth, cocoa powder and mild black pepper. At an inch and a quarter in, the black pepper mellows a bit. At an inch and a half in, the cocoa powder has departed. As the third comes to a close, the faintly smoky, toasted oak is up front, with earth just ahead of the middle of the profile and black pepper and creaminess in the back half of the profile. The strength remains slightly below medium.
Seth: The cigar really opens in the second third, and it reaches a whole new level. Great coffee and cocoa notes are present with the cigar, and it has rich earth, warm spices, pepper, tobacco and wood. More complex and pronounced in this third. The cigar really takes off and is smoking now at a level between medium and medium-full in strength and body.
John: The second third begins with creamy, tannic wood and a vegetal center, with tannic wood also finishing the draw. As the profile develops, it becomes largely wood-forward toward the halfway point. Baking spices join the post draw through the bottom half of the second third and linger between each puff.

Broncano Classic Silver Toro

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the earth increases a bit. At three quarters of an inch in, the black pepper picks back up a bit. The retrohale is now oak, earth and mild black pepper. At an inch and a quarter, a bit of cocoa powder returns to the profile. As the cigar wraps up, the faintly smoky, toasted oak is up front, with earth a bit behind, black pepper in the middle of the profile and creaminess and cocoa powder in the back half of the profile. The strength remains slightly below medium.
Seth: The final third delivers a flavor profile that is more pepper focused. It is not over the top, but the cocoa notes in the second third are not at the level as they once were. Coffee notes are still present with wood, tobacco and spices. Some minor mineral notes, but nothing major. Like the second third, somewhere between medium and medium-full in strength and body.
John: The last third gets going with creamy wood followed by baking spices in the center of the profile and a mildly dry wood finish. Earth moves into the retrohale, combining with a vegetal note, while earth also defines the post draw. By the bottom half of the final third, the post draw earth has moved up to just over medium strength.

Broncano Classic Silver Toro

Burn

Aaron: The burn line was straight throughout and the ash held on in inch and three quarter increments.
Seth: Good burn from start to finish.
John: The burn was straight through the entire review process.

Broncano Classic Silver Toro

Draw

Aaron: The draw was a bit tighter than I prefer, but didn’t cause any issues with the smoking experience.
Seth: Beautiful draw throughout the cigar.
John: I measured the draw at 70 inches of water with the CigarMedics Draw Machine. Subjectively, I found the draw to have some resistance, roughly 2½ to 3 notches toward the resistant spectrum.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with lightly smoky, toasted oak, some earth and very mild black pepper. Some creaminess joined in a bit later and the black pepper increased a bit. Later, the smokiness became faint. The second third saw some cocoa powder join in. Later, the black pepper mellowed a bit and the cocoa powder departed. The final third saw the earth and black pepper increase, and towards the end of the cigar, some light cocoa powder rejoined. The cigar started off with an average flavor profile, focused around the smoky, toasted oak, earth and black pepper. It picked up a level in the second third as cocoa powder joined in, but dropped a level in the final third as the cocoa was gone until it rejoined at the very end. This Broncano Classic Silver Toro was a nice Mexican wrapped cigar as it wasn’t completely dominated by earth as most others are for me. The increase in enjoyment in the second third with the cocoa was welcome, I just would have preferred that it remained for the remainder of the cigar. I would smoke this cigar again on occasion as it was a smooth profile, but it’s not something I’d come back to regularly.
Seth: The Broncano Classic Silver Toro is a solid cigar that would be on a whole other level if the second third was the profile throughout. It took some time for the cigar to take off, and unfortunately it had a slight downhill in the final third, but the middle portion was very enjoyable. It’s a cigar I would come back to, and one of the better Mexican San Andres releases I have had recently. I truly wish the second third was the profile throughout the entire smoke. The cigar also had a great burn and draw, and it has me curious as to the factory. I am a fan of the Broncano brand so far, and I look forward to their next release. They have distinct blends right now, The Silver and Blue are very different, and they are cigars that are approachable to many smokers. This may be a newer brand, but the prices are in line for the market and on point for the blends released.
John: The Broncano Classic Silver Toro delivered a pleasant opening with creamy chocolate, wood and baking spice complexity. The second and final thirds were more restrained, driven primarily by wood and earth, with subtle vegetal and spice elements providing some variation. Excellent burn performance contributed to a smooth experience, though the slightly firm draw and linear profile limited its overall potential. My total smoking time was 2 hours and 11 minutes.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.95

Cost/Point

$2.52

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

6.47

Cost/Point

$2.32

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

5.80

Cost/Point

$2.59

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: Broncano Classic Silver Toro