Casa Turrent 1880 Claro Lancero

HISTORY

Alberto and Alejandro Turrent, owners of Nueva Matacapan de Tabacos S.A de C.V., are the first family of Mexico’s cigar industry, dating back to 1880. The father-son team not only make some of Mexico’s best cigars but is also the largest grower of cigar tobacco in the country.

The San Andres Maduro leaf they grow outside of Veracruz is world-renowned for its quality, and a variety of their tobaccos are important components in many of America’s most popular premium cigar brands.

To keep the consistency of their flagship Casa Turrent line, Alejandro decided a large factory was not the best place to make the more complex Casa series. Instead, Alejandro took his great-grandfather’s house and renovated it to make a boutique factory with just 15 people to produce the Casa Turrent Series.

1880 CLARO

Over the years, in the galleys of Casa Turrent they have reserved a selection of the best tobacco leaves that could be part of pieces of a supreme flavour. The 1880 Series has been aged for over a decade; its tobacco comes from a singular harvest and fermentation. 1880 Claro has varied notes that offer a complex flavour, reaching a particularly defined medium strength and complex body that rises and changes throughout the smoke.

This cigar has nuances of leather, earth, red fruits and caramel. It also has notes of smoke, flowers, coconut, cinnamon and at the end an intense wood taste.

CIGAR INFORMATION

Country of Origin: Mexico

WRAPPER: Habano Criollo San Andres

BINDER: Negro San Andres

FILLER: Habano Criollo San Andres / Negro San Andres / Habano Dominicana

Flavour profile: Light-Bodied

Vitola: Lancero

Size: 40 ring gauge, 7 1/2 inches

Smoking time: 50 minutes