Avo Nicaragua Syncro Toro Review

Nicaragua Syncro Toro
Made by: AVO
Country: Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua
Vitola: 6 by 54

Several weeks ago I reviewed the Avo Nicaragua in Robusto. This will be a comparison of the cigar across vitolas. I don’t expect many large differences. My main concern is that the Robusto was very balanced, in that I feel that a larger vitola might dilute the blend. Lets see what this has to offer with a Avo Nicaragua Syncro Toro Review.

Prelight

A bit of excess rollers glue near the cap. Great rectangular box press, visible seams, and small to medium veins. It’s got a very velvety and slightly toothy wrapper. I can tell the mouth feel is going to be delicious. Sweet cocoa powder on the foot with and leather and oak undertone. The cap wasn’t good enough, and fell off on the cut, that’s not normal for Avo’s that I have had in the past. Loose tobacco, but not a ton of it. Really easy prelight draw, the cap is not going to be an issue. Cocoa and leather are coming forward on the prelight draw. Let’s get this lit and see how it performs.

1/3

Easy to light and high smoke production off the start. Thick creamy smoke. Lots of cocoa almost verging a dark chocolate note on the front with macadamia nuts and leather in the center of the profile. The finish is a light white pepper with the macadamia nut lingering. Medium bodied and low to medium strength. At the end of the first third cocoa is up on the front with leather following it up. Macadamia nut has dropped as has the white pepper but they are there in the background.

2/3

Allright burn and the smoke production and thickness are holding. Body is coming up to a medium full and strength is approaching medium. The ash fell off at the third, macadamia nut is coming back up. The note is blending with the cocoa and the leather. Great mouth feel coming from that thick smoke. At the end of the second third the macadamia nut is balanced with the cocoa on the front. The finish is leather and white pepper. It’s been a good profile with allright construction and great smoke production.

3/3

Medium to full bodied and medium strength. The cocoa is back controlling the front and macadamia and leather are mixed in the center of the profile. The finish is up and it is white and red pepper. Nice rounding out to the end of this cigar. That little red pepper tongue bit is a nice touch. No touch ups needed throughout the cigar, and it kept up a high smoke out put the entire time with a great mouthfeel.

Smoke Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes

Conclusion: 86

I have to say that Avo did a good job keeping true to the flavors that were present in the robusto size. I did have to dock the score for the starting construction issues. But it was a great profile and solid flavors. Picking between the robusto and the toro is a hard call. There wasn’t a big time difference between the two either. This was an example of good consistency among vitola’s for Avo.

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