Pre-light Experience

Aaron: The wrapper on the Warped Sarto Toro is a marbled medium brown and has some thick, raised veins. The seams are smooth while the caps have some raised edges. The band is grayish-blue, black and silver with the line name and a dog on the front, with the company name on back. The aroma from the wrapper is a mix of earth and wood, while the foot brings earth and cocoa powder. The pre-light draw brings an airy cedar and faint earth along with a mild spiciness on my lips.
Seth: The Warped Sarto Toro is finished with a lovely wrapper that is toothy in texture and finished with some glitter shine. It has medium and large sized veins present throughout, and it is firm in hand. The coloring is that of a solid maduro, and it has that espresso color. The aroma on the wrapper is that of sharp spices, dark chocolate, leather and tobacco, and the foot is giving off dark chocolate, sweet spices and rich earth notes. Band aside, great looking cigar.
John: The Warped Sarto Toro came in cellophane and appeared to have a retailer UPC on the main cellophane body. I weighed the cigar at 17.7 grams. For aromas, I could smell barnyard, wood and mild earth. From the foot, I could pick out dry wood, faint barnyard and earth.
Jiunn: The Warped Sarto Toro has a thick and hearty Colorado Maduro to Red wrapper shade. Veins are well pressed, seams tight, bunch and roll even and the head is well wrapped and capped. Pre-light aromas consist of minerals, ink and a hint of campfire.

Warped Sarto Toro

First Third

Aaron: The cigar begins with earth, toasted oak and a mild cocoa powder. At a quarter inch in, a mellow black pepper joins in. The retrohale is toasted oak, earth and mild black pepper. At an inch and a quarter in, the earth and toasted oak are now even up front. At an inch and a half in, the black pepper is now in the middle of the profile. As the third comes to a close, the earth and toasted oak are even up front, with the black pepper in the middle and some light cocoa powder in the background. The strength was right at medium.
Seth: The first third begins with some seasoned wood and earth notes. Hints of dark chocolate are present with some herbal qualities as well. Bits of pepper, tobacco, leather and spices as well. The finish is of a meaty quality. Medium-full in strength and body.
John: I initially pick up on flavors of bread and wood with red pepper flake accents on the finish that linger into the post draw and are joined by a delayed dry wood. That red pepper flake ramps up to medium-full strength on the post draw. Creaminess develops at the front of the profile as the first third continues. A short time later, the red pepper flake has calmed down to light strength with some chocolate notes detectable through the retrohale. The chocolate is joined by a mild citrus sweetness soon after, which moves up to light-plus strength.
Jiunn: There’s plenty of sweet and creamy milk chocolate mixed with celery seeds and dried red pepper spice. The interplay of sweet and spice works very well together. The profile is also quite gritty, being able to taste the heaviness in dirt/soil. Retrohaling provides a sense of dried red pepper that scorches the nostrils in a complimentary manner. The finish is full of gritty soil/dirt. Strength is medium and body is medium-full.

Warped Sarto Toro

Second Third

Aaron: As the second third begins, some chalkiness joins in between the black pepper and cocoa powder. The retrohale is now toasted oak and earth, with some black pepper and chalkiness. At an inch and a quarter, the earth regains a slight lead in the profile. As the third comes to a close, the earth is just ahead of the toasted oak, with black pepper in the middle, chalkiness a bit behind and cocoa powder in the background. The strength remained at medium.
Seth: The second third delivers a flavor profile of earth, tobacco, barnyard and dark cocoa powder. Sweet and pepper spices are present as well, and the finish has that leather and meat quality. Like before, it is medium-full in strength and body.
John: Creamy chocolate starts the second third with bread and nuttiness rounding out the profile, as sweet wood finishes the puff. As the second third settles in, citrus sweetness and earth move into the center of the profile with tannic wood to finish and linger at medium strength on the post draw. The creaminess that started things off is medium-full moving towards the halfway point, coating the palate. Red pepper flake returns to the finish at the halfway point, and lingers on the post draw with dry wood. Chocolate is still detectable on the retrohale as green wood comes into the finish and the tannic wood already present is up to medium strength on the finish and post draw.
Jiunn: The second third’s flavor profile holds strong to the sweet, creamy and spicy nature. The flavors are full and easily identifiable. The finish catches waves of cedar as well, to the existing fullness in gritty soil/dirt. Strength is nearing medium-full, while body maintains medium-full.

Warped Sarto Toro

Final Third

Aaron: As the final third begins, the toast level of the oak ramps up and the black pepper picks up a bit. At a half inch in, some wood bitterness joins the middle of the profile. The retrohale is now toasted oak, earth, black pepper and light chalkiness. At an inch and a quarter, the wood bitterness transitions to vegetal bitterness. As the cigar wraps up, the earth is slightly ahead of the heavily toasted oak, with black pepper just a bit behind and vegetal bitterness and chalkiness a bit further behind along with some cocoa powder in the background. The strength bumped up to slightly below medium.
Seth: The final third is fairly in line with the second. Earth, tobacco, barnyard and dark cocoa notes. Sweet pepper spices with leather and meat flavors. Minerals are present on the end with earth notes. Medium-full in strength and body.
John: The final third starts with musty, mossy earth, earth in the center and a tannic wood to finish. As the cigar continues towards the halfway point, wood is leading off each puff. Through the bottom half, sweet earth defines the center of the profile. Earth is the primary flavor component as the last third wraps up.
Jiunn: The final third shows less complexities. The profile is both not as sweet and spicy as the first two thirds and the flavors taste muddled. There’s an added gasoline like flavor that is off putting as well. Strength and body finishes medium and medium-full, respectively.

Warped Sarto Toro

Burn

Aaron: The burn was straight throughout, and the ash held on in inch and a half increments.
Seth: The burn was a little off throughout the cigar. Not bad, but not perfect.
John: The burn had a wavy start that became uneven as it continued, requiring a touch-up. The burn was uneven in the second third and went out part way into the last third, requiring a re-light.
Jiunn: Flawless burn providing tight ashes, even burn and cool burning temperatures.

Warped Sarto Toro

Draw

Aaron: The draw was perfect, with just the right amount of resistance that I prefer.
Seth: The draw had a nice level of resistance.
John: The draw was somewhere between a 1/2 – 1 notch towards the resistant spectrum which puts it in the ideal range between open and resistant for an amazing draw.
Jiunn: The draw was perfect, giving the ideal balance between air flow and resistance.

Overall

Aaron: The cigar began with earth, toasted oak and a mild cocoa powder. Some black pepper joined in fairly quickly and later moves up to the middle of the profile. The second third saw some chalkiness join the profile. The earth regained a slight lead in the profile. The final third saw the toast level of the oak become heavy and some wood bitterness joined in, later transitioning to vegetal bitterness. The construction was absolutely perfect. The Warped Sarto Toro had an average flavor profile throughout, focused around the earth and toasted oak. It was a bit dry as well and could have benefited from some sweetness. Overall, not a very exciting broadleaf offering, and not a cigar I’d see myself coming back to.
Seth: The Warped Sarto Toro was an average cigar. I feel that more diverse blends from NACSA tend to review better, and that is their case with Broadleaf offerings. It was a little one dimensional with little transitioning throughout. The flavor profile was not bad, but it lacked complexity. I was hoping that Kyle working with NACSA would help him in improving a Warped offering, and in some ways it did, but not to the level I was hoping. Especially with the price. Hard to say I would come back to this cigar, especially with so many other great NACSA and Connecticut Broadleaf releases.
John: I found the Warped Sarto Toro to be my favorite of the new releases from the past few years from Warped. The first and second thirds specifically had interesting and engaging flavor combinations that held my attention. The draw was perfect and the burn required a touch-up and a re-light to correct. While the price point is pretty average for the market in 2025, I think the flavor performance made this a standout release and something I will seek out in my travels. Total smoking time was 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Jiunn: Pro tip for all brands. Go to NACSA and request a Connecticut Broadleaf blend. Get good score from New Media. So good job to Warped for doing just that. The flavors were full and decadent and I would love to sit down with a few more of these Warped Sarto Toro to enjoy this upcoming spring.

Aaron Loomis

SCORE

5.75

Cost/Point

$2.61

Scoring System

Seth Geise

SCORE

5.75

Cost/Point

$2.61

Scoring System

John McTavish

SCORE

6.62

Cost/Point

$2.27

Scoring System

Jiunn Liu

SCORE

6.82

Cost/Point

$2.20

Scoring System

Team Cigar Review: Warped Sarto Toro