Villiger Do Brasil Claro Toro is a light cigar. It is made from Brazilian tobacco and is produced by Villiger in Brazil. This is a puro. The tobacco comes from the Bahia region. The long-filler premium cigars from Villiger are quality products. It gives me great pleasure that they are finding more and more fans.

A cigar test is subjective

Note: How a cigar tastes is influenced by personal taste preferences, taste memories, the form of the day, what you have eaten or drunk beforehand. Even the lighting in the room has an influence on the flavour you experience. The notes described here therefore do not necessarily correspond to your own impressions.

Villiger do Brasil factory near the city of Salvador de Bahia. April 2018 / Picture © Remo Naegeli

Villiger Do Brasil Claro Toro: Very beautiful, delicate and light-coloured wrapper leaf from Brazil.

Fact Sheet

Format: Toro (length: 153 / ring gauge: 50)
Tobacco:
- Wrapper, binder, filler: Brazil
Price: Status August 2021
- CHF 9.00 / box of 20 CHF 184.00 / box of 5 CHF 46.00
- EUR 9.90 / box of 20 EUR 198.00 / box of 5 EUR 49.50
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Personal impressions of the pleasure

Recommended acclimatisation: 2 days with cellophane in the humidor.

First half

Tongue, palate: slightly grassy / spicy / dark cocoa / light wood / green bark / slightly acidic
Retronasal: very much light-coloured wood / green bark
R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: Lots of light-coloured wood / even more green bark
Umami: juicy / slightly bitter (pleasant)
Strength 2/5

Second half

slightly fruity on the palate and the flavours described above
Strength 2/5

Conclusion of the Villiger Do Brasil Claro Toro

An uncomplicated cigar. It smoulders long and evenly. You can safely put it to one side and do something else on the side. Well, don't leave it too long so that it doesn't smoulder. The tobacco blend is wonderfully balanced. If it should smoulder, please light it again very carefully; otherwise it will get too hot and could become bitter. Of course, this is not a fault of the cigar.

I have tested three examples. With all of them, I noticed that the cigar takes on a slightly fruity flavour during the second half. That's excellent! It gives the balance even more extra class. The cigar is light and is very suitable for beginners. But this product is also a welcome change for experienced cigar connoisseurs. Those who like strong cigars will not like this Villiger Do Brasil Claro.

The light-coloured wrapper leaf is delicate. The burn is good. Now and again it has a slight skewed burn. It usually corrects itself. I rarely had to use the flame. But be careful: straighten the crooked burn very, very carefully so that the cigar doesn't get too hot. On one example, the ash split a little (in the last third). This is not a bad thing. After this phase, the ash was as compact as before. This can happen if the processed tobacco is too moist at this point. This can be ticked off as „solved“.

I really enjoyed these three copies. An unreserved recommendation to buy.