The Torano family has certainly made an impact on the cigar industry. Recognized chiefly for their own products, the Torano family is also responsible for helping the likes of CAO and Gurkha to become household names. Here’s a brief history written by Carlos Torano from their website:
My family’s history in the cigar business dates back to 1916. In 1916 Don Santiago Toraño emigrated from Spain to Cuba. Santiago became involved in tobacco as a broker of leaf tobacco. Over the years he was blessed with having three sons, Jaime, Jose and my father Carlos. All of them became involved in the tobacco business. Over the years, the Toraño family became one of the biggest and most well known growers of Cuban tobacco leaf. By the time of the revolution in 1959, the Toraño family owned and operated approximately 17 farms throughout Cuba.
After the Cuban government nationalized the tobacco farms, my father, Carlos Toraño, took his passion for tobacco to the Dominican Republic. Still today, growers in the Dominican Republic credit my father with introducing the Cuban seed to the Dominican Republic and teaching the farmers there how to grow what is today known as Piloto Cubano. After my father’s early and untimely death, I continued the family business, but expanded it to growing in Nicaragua, Mexico and Ecuador.
Almost twenty-five years ago, we began to focus more of our business on the production of cigars rather than the growing of tobacco. Today, we are a family cigar business that owns and operates cigar factories in TWO of the leading cigar producing countries: Nicaragua and Honduras. We are proud to offer you our Carlos Toraño range of cigars which are now sold throughout the world. Our family is 100% dedicated to the cigar business. Because our cigars carry our family name and its tradition, we are passionate about the quality of our cigars and the value we provide to you, our customer.
Carlos Torano
- Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon- Available in 4 sizes with an African Cameroon wrapper. This is by far my favorite Torano cigar.
- Carlos Toranp Casa Torano – Available in 4 sizes with an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper. This used to be the “house” cigar that was passed out at events, but was so popular it became a regular production line.
- Carlos Torano Casa Torano Maduro- Available in 6 sizes with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Exodus 1959- Available in 5 sizes with a Honduran Habano Maduro wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 Silver Series – Available in 4 sizes with a Honduran Criollo wrapper. This is a very unique tasting cigar.
- Carlos Torano Nicaraguan Selection – Discontinued. Was available in 5 sizes with a Nicaraguan wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Noventa- Available in 3 sizes with a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Reserve Decadencia – This interesting cigar is available in 2 sizes with an Indonesian wrapper infused with chocolate port.
- Carlos Torano Reserva Selecta – Available in glass tubes in 4 sizes with a Connecticut Shade wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Reserva Selecta Maduro- Available in glass tubes in 4 sizes with a Costa Rican Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Signature Collection - Available in 5 sizes with a Sun Grown Brazilian Maduro wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Tribute 2003 – Was available in 3 sizes with a Connecticut wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Tribute 2004- Was available in 3 sizes with a Costa Rican Maduro wrapper.
- Carlos Torano Tribute 2008 – Will be released in 2008.
- Carlos Torano Virtuoso – This full-bodied cigar is available in 5 sizes with a jet-black Nicaraguan Sun Grown wrapper.
Other Torano Products (includes Bundle brands and Internet Exclusives)
- Dominico – This bundle band features a Connecticut Shade wrapper.
- Dominico Maduro- This bundle brand features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper.
- Grand Nica – This bundle was available with a Brazilian wrapper.
- Nostalgia- This Internet exclusive features a Connecticut Shade wrapper.
- The Brick- This box-pressed bundle was available in 3 sizes with a Sumatran wrapper.
Grand Nicas actually came in boxes when they were first released…