{"id":755,"date":"2011-11-28T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/?p=755"},"modified":"2011-11-28T12:49:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T18:49:02","slug":"j-grotto-reserve-toro-cigar-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/?p=755","title":{"rendered":"J Grotto Reserve Toro Cigar Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Country: Honduras<br \/>\nLength\/Ring: 6\u00c3\u201452<br \/>\nShape: Gran Toro<br \/>\nWrapper: Honduras Criollo &#8217;98<br \/>\nFiller: Honduras &amp; Nicaragua Ligero<br \/>\nStrength:\u00c2\u00a0 Mild<\/p>\n<p>MSRP: around $8<\/p>\n<p>My Rating: 4 Stars!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-757\" title=\"jgrotto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Wow, when I first heard of these cigars they looked very intriguing.\u00c2\u00a0 Another boutique brand to hit the market among many others would probably have to really be something special.\u00c2\u00a0 Well let me tell you this certainly is.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanstatecigars.com\/\">Ocean State cigars<\/a> is only a 2 year old company but has produced a great product in a little amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>The Cigar is a nice oily and beautifully crafted specimen.\u00c2\u00a0 The weight in my hand is rather nice and feels very well made.\u00c2\u00a0 The wrapper was almost flawless with only a couple very small veins.\u00c2\u00a0 The 3 year aged tobacco smells of barnyard and earth on the foot.\u00c2\u00a0 After cutting and lighting the foot I got some subtle flavors of spice and earth.\u00c2\u00a0 It was medium in spice strength although this cigar is said to have no spiciness to it.\u00c2\u00a0 As I continued smoking, the second third started to lose some of the spice while nuts and chocolate flavors started coming through.\u00c2\u00a0 The draw was excellent throughout the cigar and lots of smoke was a great plus.\u00c2\u00a0 This was definitely a cigar worth nubbing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-758\" title=\"jgrotto 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto-2-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jgrotto-2-400x56.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The price tag is just a bit over what I would pay for a box of this cigar but I think it&#8217;s definitely worth a 5er purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Dale Scott for providing the samples.\u00c2\u00a0 I look forward to more in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country: Honduras Length\/Ring: 6\u00c3\u201452 Shape: Gran Toro Wrapper: Honduras Criollo &#8217;98 Filler: Honduras &amp; 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