Toscano

The Toscano Brenta is made entirely of habano-seed tobaccos grown in Italy that were air-cured instead of fire-cured. Unlike a traditional Toscano cigar, the Brenta must be stored in humidors.

Made entirely of Kentucky-seed fire-cured tobaccos grown in Italy, the Toscano Italia are not put into presses and have pre-cut feet on both ends. The cigars are also rolled sans a binder leaf, meaning the filler tobaccos are held in place simply by the wrapper.

Most of the filler tobacco comes from the province of Benevento.

Like Toscano’s cigars, these blends use fire-cured tobaccos from Kentucky and Tennessee, along with other tobacco varietals that should be familiar to pipe smokers.

In addition to Master Aged Series 4, Toscano is hoping to offer retail trips to its operation in Italy next year. If that happens, I suspect Toscano will take another major step forward in the U.S.

The cigar is made entirely of Kentucky-seed tobaccos grown in Tuscany. Its wrapper goes through a unique curing process that includes 10 days of constant, high humidity and temperature.

Not only is it more expensive than a typical Toscano, it’s also much larger.

The company’s new line focuses on a nearly year-long again process.

One of the busiest booths throughout the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show was Toscano. Not only that, the company won an award for best booth.

Toscano’s newest line balances strong tobaccos with an extended maturation process that the company says helps to smooth out the profile.

The Toscano Extravecchio uses tobacco from Tuscany and Tennessee. It’s now available to U.S. stores.