Corrida Honduras Toro+
Corrida Honduras Toro+ is produced in Honduras near Plasencia. The tobacco of this Corrida 100% comes from Honduras and is a so-called puro. A puro is a cigar in which both the tobacco and the production originate from the same country. The brand comes from VILLIGER and has its own website at Corrida Cigars >.
Heinrich Villiger was criticized for being an imitation of Camacho when the brand was launched in 2017. Heinrich Villiger confirmed this in an interview with Zigarren.Zone Social Network (see video below). The Swiss specialist trade in particular joked at the time: "Now Villiger has a Camacho too." Today, CORRIDA is an established brand with many aficionados. I tested the cigar.
A cigar test is subjective
Notice: How a cigar tastes is influenced by personal taste preferences, taste memories, the shape of the day, what you have eaten or drunk before. Even the lighting mood in the room has an influence on the experienced taste. The notes described here therefore do not have to match your own impressions.
Heinrich Villiger about Corrida
Fact Sheet Corrida Honduras Toro+
- Format: Toro+ (length: 152 / ring size: X)
- Tobacco:
- Wrapper: Honduras
- Wrapper: Honduras
- Filler: Honduras
- Price: Status April 2021
- CHF 9.10 / box of 20 CHF 189.00
- EUR 8.00 / box of 20 EUR 160.00
- Buy cigar:
Personal impressions of pleasure
First half
- Tongue, palate: gently sweet / slightly tart / delicious cocoa (dark) / nutty
- Retronasal: some pepper / mushrooms in the forest / wood
- R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: some pepper / fresh wood in the forest
- Umami: juicy / roasted
- Strength 2/5
Second half
- A really fantastic balance of flavor nuances. Even in the first half, the different aromas harmonize very well with each other. The second half becomes nuttier and some earth is added.
- Strength 3/5
What is "retronasal"?
Retronasal cigar enjoyment enhances the taste. What it is and, why it works and how to do it please read here. Especially look at the ZiZo vacuum technology. Incredible increase in the enjoyment of the cigar!
What is the "R+ ZiZo vacuum technology"?
This is the consummate pleasure of a cigar. Hard to describe. I'll try. Here's an example: a baby sucking on a pacifier. Try this technique with a cigar. Very little smoke enters the mouth. But this passes over the tongue and goes right through the nose. I tried it on about 10 cigars before I mastered it. Please be very careful with this technique when practicing: the smoke got to the back of my larynx several times when I did this. It was really bad. But now that I can do it, it's an accomplished technique for enjoying a cigar.
What is umami?
This means "savory", "spicy", "essence", "meaty". This blending of taste sensations is perceived in the middle of the tongue. You can find a good article about it on Wikipedia.
Non Cuba cigars and the important acclimatization
Acclimatization recommendation: 2 weeks in the humidor with cellophane.
The fact is: You don't know when the cigar was imported and how long its resting period was at the importer. You also do not know how long the resting phase was at the dealer. The cigars have a shock after their transport from the tropics to us in Europe. They have to acclimatize first. The industry is sales-oriented. The cigars have to get to the retail market quickly. Therefore, it can happen that they do not taste as they should.
If you buy single copies
Place the cigar with the cellophane in the humidor. If your cigar does not have cellophane: Put them in tubos and then in the humidor. Or you can put the single cigar in a Zippo bag and put a small Boveda in it. Then you put it closed in the humidor. Cigars that are stored open without cellophane or a box lose their flavor very quickly. This is proven in this article with experiments.
Conclusion Corrida Honduras Toro+
A really fantastic balance of flavor nuances. Even in the first half, the different aromas harmonize very well with each other. The second half becomes nuttier and some earth is added. The burn was slightly skewed. It mostly corrected itself. From time to time the flame had to help.
I opened the cigar with the classic V-cut. This was a bit too much for the diameter of the cigar. As a result, the draw resistance was a little light, which is of course not a fault of the cigar.
The Corrida Honduras Toro+ is a quality product. It is made at Plasencia in Honduras from 100% Honduras tobacco. It is therefore a so-called puro (a cigar that is made entirely in a single country and the tobacco comes from the same country).
The ash is stable. One should not overdo it and ash off after about 3 cm. I enjoyed this cigar for almost 1.5 hours. As always with any cigar: draw slowly and not too often so that it doesn't overheat and ruin the taste.
My favorite from the CORRIDA range is the Honduras. Nicaragua is my second favorite. 3rd place Brasil and 4th place Dom. Republic.
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