Isla del Cocodrilo Toro by Warped

BRAND/CO:  Warped

CIGAR:  Isla del Cocodrilo

VITOLA:  Toro - 6" x 52

STRENGTH:  Medium

WRAPPER:  Ecuadorian Habano Deflorada

BINDER:  Brazil (Arapiraca) / Ecuador (Habano 2000)

FILLER:  Nicaragua

ORIGIN:  Dominican Republic, Tabacalera La iSLA

CIGARS PURCHASED:   1

APPEARANCE & CONSTRUCTION:   Good

A warm light chocolate brown, very nicely shaped, with good firmness.  It's like the Rock's ass.  Not that it's what you might want to smoke, but you do you if you do. 😅 But in all seriousness, this is a nicely rolled cigar if a little unassuming looking.  Only a couple light and thin veins,  seams are tight, and it has a soft texture. There's only a light oily sheen and a little mottling to it.  If you're unfamiliar, the "Island of Crocodile," is an old world reference to Cuba as it earned that nickname with the island's shape resembling a crocodile.

DRAW & BURN:   Good / Great

Draw is ideal and the burn starts perfectly.  Can't ask for a better start.  The burn stays nice and even.  The ash is a light gray pushing white.  The ash holds on to just before the halfway point, a very nice stack.  This is a slower moving smoke, give it more time than your normal Toro.

FLAVOR PROFILE:   Great

The first draws bring oaken woodiness, mild earth and leather, baking spice and cream.  Not creaminess in the quality, but a cream flavor.  Breadiness appears and goes graham cracker with the baking spice.  There's a little bit of sweetness, but not much and it's hard to identify if it's fruity or not.  By the end of the first third, I'm getting a mix of both pepper and baking spice, giving it a mesquite quality.

You might have noticed this cigar has two binders, what is that doing to the taste? I dunno, but it's certainly not ruining the experience by any means.  That's a lie, I recognize the Arapiraca but it's not adding as strong a level of aromatic floral notes if it were the only binder or the wrapper.  There, science!

Getting into the second third, mesquite and graham cracker lead.  It's a pretty dry set of flavors, just mildly creamy.  It vacillates between smooth and slight harshness, the pepper leaving a mild burn at the back of my throat.  Not getting much change, but it's a pretty nice blend when the sweetness picks up, other wise it's a hair dry.  Sometimes the graham cracker goes roasted peanut, but not for very long.  Not much changes in the final third until the end where I get a really big hit of sweetness which was missing early on.  But overall, it's a pleasing blend with nice complexity.

OVERALL EXPERIENCE:   Great

Purely from a personal preference standpoint, I'm torn if I would buy this one again.  Which is funny to say because it's a good blend, and I'm giving it a good rating, but it's just a bit dry in flavor and I didn't really love it until the very end.  But I'm sure this one will land well with other people's palates.

Customer Review from the Collective: Written by Sean McCloskey

The Isla del Cocodrilo Toro can be purchased HERE!