Ashton Virgin Sun Grown Eclipse Toro Tube

Worth knowing

This classic toro is not as sinister as the name "Solar Eclipse" and the night-black tubo suggest - but while the thicker VSG.s tend to be a little lighter than the thin ones, this 75-90 minute enjoyment is quite something!

Flavours

A perfect cigar for a relaxed gentlemen's evening is this sturdy growler in a tubo, which plays off the characteristics of its format in exemplary fashion: Creamy-smooth smoke texture with plenty of variety! Here, "peppery" really means pleasant, pleasantly warming and only slightly pungent spice instead of penetrating bite, and it is wonderfully embedded in caramel sweetness, the typical coffee and malt/cocoa notes as well as - more clearly than with the Coronas - a latent fruitiness of sultanas and dark berries that shines through again and again. Gentle on the palate, yet rather something for experienced aficionados.