Southern Draw Rose of Sharon Toro (6×52)

The Toro is where the Rose of Sharon was born. When Robert Holt first brought this blend to market as a tribute to his wife Sharon, it was the 6×52 that introduced the cigar world to what Southern Draw was capable of — a Connecticut wrapper experience that didn’t play it safe, built around a four-component filler blend that uses Dominican Piloto Cubano to add a dose of spice and boldness that no ordinary mild-medium smoke carries.

The Ecuadorian Connecticut Sun Grown wrapper comes from the natural cloud cover of Ecuador’s highlands, a growing environment that produces a leaf with more oil, more sweetness, and more character than shade-grown alternatives — velvety to the touch, golden in color, and flawless in construction thanks to the AJ Fernandez factory team in Nicaragua. The semi-box pressed 6×52 Toro gives the blend its fullest classic expression — enough length to fully open up through three well-defined thirds, moving from graham cracker, caramel, and white pepper in the first third through cedar, cream, and roasted nuts in the second and finishing with a clean, lingering sweetness that has made this one of the most talked-about Connecticut cigars on the market since its debut. Light the closed foot, let the wrapper lead, and settle in.