Punch Gran Puro Toro Review

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Punch Gran Puro Toro Review

9/28/2022

Looking at band of this one, it is of the older version of Gran Puro line of all Honduran tobaccos.  I don't know when they changed the design, but I think I bought a box of these like 5 years ago.  This one has at least 5 years of aging.  

I've always liked most of the Punch line of cigars, liking this one and the Gran Cru the best.  Punch is known as a strong cigar, but to me, there are many stronger brands, such as Joyo De Nicaragua.  So, if you think Punch is too strong, that is just an urban legend.  Try one out.

Starts off pretty mild and mellow.  Not too much going on, except a major run on the burn. I have think fast and do the old school spit on the finger wipe on the bad spot trick and light up the other side.  Got a good one inch ash now, starting to add strong toasty graham cracker flavors. 

You can see in the picture, the crooked ash. But I think this is past us, we'll, let me touch it up a bit to make sure. OK, it's dropped its ash and a nice cone remains. Tasting more cedar and toasty notes with no harsh tones.  Still a mild to medium smoke, maybe a quarter through it. Just the tiniest bit of hotness.  Seems this one just doesn't want to burn perfectly. 

Except for the annoying touch ups, I am thoroughly enjoying this one.  It seems to pair fine with my shots of Evan Williams charcoal filtered bourbon.

Flavor is more medium - full now, but still not feeling it. Maybe more than half done now after 35 minutes. It is tickling my tongue with a little  bit of aftertaste, but nothing to write about. Right now it just a decent, enjoyable smoke. 


Developing more strong flavors. This a puro, so I don't expect a super complex flavor profile.  But it does deliver good strong flavors.


Maybe this is not my go to Friday night smoke, but it does most things right. 

Maybe it's creeping on me, starting to feel it now. Still pretty smooth, not too complex, but doing what a fine cigar should do, delivering full flavors. Good aftertaste and I'm feeling pretty relaxed now. Down to the last inch or two. Burning good now. Don't really need to squeeze it to smooth it out. Just keeps delivering strong Honduran flavors. 

Always had good draw and keeps you engaged.  Good go to middle of the week nighttime smoke. 

If the roll could have been better with no touch ups and more complex flavors, this would  be a fine smoke. It finishes full flavored, good for almost an hour and a half. Maybe too much for some smokers. Not a smoke for a first time cigar smoker. Don't get me wrong, it still delivers almost an hour and a half of fine smoking,  It's definitely a good late night smoke. I'm going to keep smoking these. For the price, you can't go wrong.  

 

Overall: 88

Flavor 88, complexity 87, burn 86, experience 91, value 90.

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