The history of the Toscano brand in my opinion ended around 2010. If you want to smoke Kentucky fire cured, only Italian of true quality I recommend trying the products of Compagnia Toscana Sigari.
The best Toscana I've smoked is the Garbage. Very smooth for a dry cured cigar. However, my local stores only carry a limited amount of Toscano blends, so I haven't tried many others esp the higher end blends. On that note, Avanti cigars are not that different from the Toscano. A bit rougher and tougher, but even the lowly Kentucky Carrot at 1/4 the price is not that different. My favorite Avanti cigars are the Parodies Superiore, and DeNobi longs. The Superiore come in boxes of 2. A pack of 25 boxes (50 cigars) runs around $90. While 50 K Cheroots are around $75. On the Avanti site you can buy in some cases less quantities. I wish Toscano would have sample packs of there many blends, esp the high end ones like Master Aged. I am not going to by a box of 30 for $280 without trying one.
Now are not so good, it's not fault of the manifactures, but is for the climate changes that dries the tobacco and the cigars are so dry and untasteful..
....sottoscrivo in toto. Il marketing vince su tutto. Ogni tre mesi un sigaro nuovo e non fumiamo un antico decente da almeno 20 anni. L'ultimo vero toscano MST: l'originale 1815. A breve l'ammezzato "Bersani" e lo stagionato "Vecchioni". Del Bracco non discuto nemmeno....
