JC Newman Yagua Toro

Product Summary

JC Newman Yagua Toro, with its classic 6 x 52 Toro silhouette, recreates the most primitive aging ritual of the Cuban countryside in the 20th century—the leaves are wrapped in layers of palm leaves called "Yagua" and naturally fermented for nine months, creating the rare round, creamy, and earthy sweetness under the wrapper of the Connecticut Broadleaf. It is a poetic ode from the JC Newman family to tradition and time. With one in hand, you can taste the mellowness brewed by time itself.

Main Specifications

• Dimensions: 6 × 52 (Toro)

• Wax wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf (USA)

• Eggplant Sleeve: Nicaragua

• Eggplant core: Nicaragua

Flavor characteristics

The top notes gently open with creamy toffee, damp earth and cocoa powder, with the rounded sweetness brought by Yagua's natural aging unfolding like morning mist; in the middle notes, roasted almonds, black coffee and light leather gradually unfold, with caramel and dried fruit intertwining in layers, blooming with a warm and approachable gradation; the base notes gently close with dark chocolate, vanilla bean and slightly sweet smoke, the aftertaste so long that you can almost hear the palm leaves whispering in the wind.

Origin and wrapper information

Rolled by the JC Newman family at their PENSA factory in Nicaragua, each batch of leaves follows the traditional Cuban farming method, being wrapped and stacked layer by layer in palm leaves ("Yagua") and naturally fermented for over nine months. The Connecticut Broadleaf has an oily, deep brown wrapper with a rugged yet soft texture. This Toro is perfectly balanced in size, like a gentle, pastoral string melody precisely delivering its flavors, releasing the ultimate roundness bestowed by time layer by layer.

Reasons for recommendation

Cigar Aficionado awarded it 93 points in 2021, ranking it 11th in the Top 25 that year, praising it as "a masterpiece of genius in its balance of creamy sweetness and earthiness achieved through the Yagua aging method, with a silky smooth texture." Halfwheel described it as "burning perfectly, with snow-white ash, and flavors like a nostalgic poem hand-rolled by an old Cuban farmer." Like a pastoral symphony composed by time and palm leaves, this cigar opens with a morning prelude of creamy cocoa, gradually building in the art of caramel and dried fruit, and finally gently closing with the deep, gentle scent of vanilla smoke. Its overall character is rounded yet imbued with profound nostalgic wisdom. It is not only the "holy grail" of the JC Newman family but also the most moving traditional replica in the cigar world today—holding one in your hand is embracing a century of Cuban rural memories.