JRE Tobacco Aladino Corojo Toro

Tradition is something we hear in the cigar world rather frequently. It is synonymous with the trade; cultivating tobacco, the ritual of rolling leaves together to form an overall flavor, and using techniques handed down from generation to generation. A brand that exemplifies tradition is Aladino cigars. Aladino cultivates the heralded Corojo seed grown in Honduras. The Eiroa family is responsible for the original Camacho Corojo, CLE Cigars, Aladino, and more. Corojo tobacco grown in Honduras has an inherent sweetness that brightens up the cigar, giving both deep and light flavors from earth to cedar to brown sugar. The complexity is a notable experience in the transitions of the cigars. The Aladino Corojo toro offers a mild to medium experience while having a decent body and full flavor. The patriarch of the Company, Juilio Eiroa, plays a big part in that. He is quoted to make this guarantee:

“As the premier Corojo grower in the industry, I, Julio Eiroa, Master Cigar Blender and Tobacco grower, guarantee that all our brands will provide you the opportunity to enjoy an Authentic Corojo taste, the same as cigars from the 1960’s. Join us on this journey and be part of a history making cigar smoking experience like no other. The truly authentic Corojo takes to back the pre-embargo Cuban era.”

Along with his son, Justo, they create amazing blends such as the Aladino Corojo, which offers sweetness, earth, pine, espresso, and cedar, with creamy tones. It’s one of those experiences that is enjoyable in the morning or later, with coffee or whiskey. The cigar itself is all a hundred percent Corojo, wrapper, binder, filler. It’s rather fascinating to me to enjoy something with such complexity all from the same leaf. I think art like that is only found in something passed down through generations. After all, it’s tradition.