The December 2016 Cigar Dave Officers Club Selection is a the Casa Turrent Vertical Sampler including the Casa Turrent Serie 1901, Casa Turrent Serie 1942, Casa Turrent 1973. These 3 years represent the years that Alejandro Turrent’s Grandfather (1901), Father (1942), and Alejandro (1973) were born.
Casa Turrent Serie 1901
Casa Turrent Serie 1901 was created to represent the best of Mexico! The Casa Turrent Serie 1901 blend delivers intense, complex, balanced and smooth flavors highlighted by notes of toasty sweet almonds, warm spiced cocoa and mellow wood, a touch of buttery sweetness balance the flavor profile which stays consistent throughout. Aged to perfection through extensive testing, three years of slowly warmed process of fermentation brings these tobaccos alive to the peak of flavor expertly blended for rich and mellow taste that maintains sweetness and full flavor.
Wrapper: Negro San Andres Colorado
Binder: Cuban-seed Criollo
Filler: Cuban-seed Criollo
Casa Turrent Serie 1942
1942 signifies the year Alejandro Turrent’s father was born. The Casa Turrent Serie 1942 uses the same Negro San Andres Colorado wrapper as the Serie 1901 but from a lower priming.
Wrapper: Negro San Andres Colorado
Binder: Mexican Criollo
Filler: Negro San Andres and Nicaragua
Casa Turrent Serie 1973
The Casa Turrent Serie 1973 is named for Alejandro Turrent’s birth year. The blend consists of a Criollo San Andrés wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and Mexican Criollo as well as Nicaraguan filler.
Wrapper: San Andrés Criollo
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Mexican Criollo and Nicaraguan