The first family of Mexican tobacco has added new blends to its namesake Casa Turrent 1880 Series. The Turrents, known for their prolific leaf-growing operation in Mexico, are also the producers and distributors of the Casa Turrent line of cigars, which are made in Mexico at the Casa Turrent factory. Victory Cigars is one of only four stores in Canada with these cigars in stock. Better still, we’ve put them together in a sampler pack! While the Casa Turrent 1880 Series is made in only one size—6 1/2 inches by 55 ring gauge—it’s offered in different blends and wrapper types: Oscuro, Claro, Colorado, and Maduro. You get one of each in this sampler. Although not limited-edition cigars, they are limited production with only one pair of rollers assigned to each blend. According to brand owner Alejandro Turrent, the factory will only produce 5,000 of each variety per month. The Oscuro – The Oscuro consists entirely of Mexican Habano Criollo San Andrés tobacco. The Claro – Lightest of the four, the Claro consists of a Mexican Habano Criollo San Andrés claro wrapper with a Mexican Negro San Andrés binder and a mix of Mexican and Dominican filler. The Colorado – The Colorado is a bit darker and stronger with its Mexican Negro San Andrés Colorado cover leaf around a Mexican Habano Criollo San Andrés binder and Mexican filler.
The Maduro – The Maduro, which is darkest and most full-bodied of the series, combines a near-black Negro San Andrés maduro wrapper with Habano Criollo San Andrés binder and filler tobacco from Nicaragua and Mexico. Naturally, all the Mexican tobaccos in these blends were grown by the Turrent family. The wrappers were aged five years and the binder and filler tobaccos were aged between 10 and 12 years. The packaging commemorates the family’s heritage in tobacco with Art Nouveau-inspired motifs.
