Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro by JRE Tobacco Co

Today, we review the Aladino Fuma Noche from JRE Tobacco Company. If you are familiar with the JRE Tobacco Company’s story, it centers around Authentic Corojo, which is cultivated on its farm in Honduras. While many companies use Corojo tobacco, many use a hybrid seed and do not grow from the original seeds. This is because the non-hybrid Corojo has low yields and often is susceptible to disease. Julio R. Eiroa has mastered growing and cultivating Authentic Corojo tobacco. Eiroa reintroduced Authentic Corojo to the market over two decades ago, making it a staple for Camacho as well as Eiroa’s recent venture, JRE Tobacco Co. While JRE Tobacco Co. came out of the gate with Authentic Corojo, we have seen them venture into other projects without Corojo being the focus. Aladino Fuma Noche represents one of those projects.

Fuma Noche was one of two new products introduced at PCA, the other being the Aladino Cameroon Reserva. The Cameroon Reserva uses 100% Honduran-grown Cameroon seed tobacco. Fuma Noche de-emphasizes the Corojo component, but it’s unclear whether the blend uses Corojo. In the case of Fuma Noche, it is a rich, dense, full-bodied smoke. It is designed to be smoked at the end of the day. It is also meant to be the boldest Aladino to date (thus the name Fuma Noche – “Night Smoke”).

Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro – Closed Box

Let’s break down the Fuma Noche without further ado and see what this cigar brings to the table.

Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro by JRE Tobacco Co – Cigar Review

SPECIFICATIONS

Blend and Origin

Regarding the blend, JRE Tobacco hasn’t disclosed too many details other than that the cigar uses a Maduro wrapper and incorporates Honduran tobacco for the binder and filler. Production comes from the company’s factory in Honduras.

Wrapper: Maduro
Binder: Honduran
Filler: Honduran
Country of Origin: Honduras
Factory: Fabrica de Puros Aladino at Las Lomas Jamastran.

Vitolas Offered

At press time, the Fuma Noche is offered in one size – a 54 x 6 1/4 Super Toro. The cigars come in 16-count boxes.

Appearance (*)

Despite the name “Fuma Noche,” this isn’t the darkest Maduro wrapper you will see. This wrapper has a light roasted coffee bean color with a slight rosado tint. The surface of the wrapper had a light sheen of oil. There were some visible veins as well. The wrapper seams were not well hidden due to this being a lighter shade of Maduro.

Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro – Close Up

PERFORMANCE

Pre-Light Draw (*)

Before lighting up the Fuma Noche Super Toro, a straight cut was used to remove the cap. Once the cap was clipped, it was time to proceed with the pre-light draw ritual. The cold draw had notes of coffee beans, cocoa powder, and a slight mineral component. Overall, this cigar had a satisfactory pre-light draw. At this point, it was time to remove the footer band of the Fuma Noche Super Toro, toast up this cigar, and see what the smoking phase had in store.

Tasting Notes

The Fuma Noche Super Toro opened with mocha, earth, mineral, baker’s spice, and mixed pepper notes. I use the term “mocha” to describe a note that is a fusion of coffee and chocolate. Early on, the mocha notes moved to the forefront. Meanwhile, the earth, mineral, baker’s spice, and pepper settled into the background. The retro-hale provided an additional layer of pepper.

The mocha notes remained in the forefront as the Fuma Noche Super Toro moved into the second third. During this third, the pepper and earth notes slightly increased. Just past midway, the mocha notes started to shed their chocolate qualities and became more of a coffee note. Some baker’s spice was in the more distant background.

By the final third, the profile didn’t drastically change. The coffee notes were still in the forefront, and the pepper increase had leveled off. Some earth and mineral notes remained, as well as a slight amount of baker’s spice. This is how the Fuma Noche Super Toro came to a close. The resulting nub was cool in temperature and slightly soft to the touch.

Burn

The burn of the Fuma Noche Super Toro required several touch-ups to maintain a straight burn path and burn line. While the touch-ups did their job, more touch-ups were needed than I prefer. The resulting ash was on the firm side, silver-gray in color. Meanwhile, the burn rate and burn temperature both maintained ideal levels.

Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro – Burn

Draw

The draw of the Fuma Noche Super Toro was a touch resistant, which is a personal preference. At the same time, this was a low-maintenance cigar from which to derive flavor.

Strength and Body

While billed as a bolder Aladino, I didn’t find the strength or body excessive. This cigar started out with medium strength and medium-bodied flavors. By the second half, both the strength and body moved into the medium to full range of each respective spectrum. The increase in intensity of both the strength and body leveled off toward the final third.

In terms of strength versus body, both attributes balanced each other nicely, with neither attribute overpowering the other.

BANDING AND PACKAGING NOTES (*)

The Fuma Noche is housed in a black piano-finish box. The Aladino Vista is displayed in black and white on the inside top of the box. I found these elements, which combined a contemporary look on the outside of the box with a classic look on the inside of the book, worked quite well. The bands use a black-and-silver version of the classic Aladino band with some red accents. These also presented well and contrasted nicely against the Maduro wrapper.

Aladino Fuma Noche Super Toro – Open Box

OVERALL ASSESSMENT

Final Thoughts

If JRE Tobacco was looking to deliver a cigar that was away from its profile and do it well, it succeeded with the Fuma Noche Super Toro. This is only the second Maduro in the company’s profile, joining the original Aladino Maduro. While not as full and dense as positioned, it is still a cigar that works quite well as an end-of-the-day smoking experience. This is a cigar that I would have no problem recommending to any cigar enthusiast. As for myself, this is a cigar I would readily buy and smoke again. Coming at 90 points, this cigar reaches the threshold for the Cigar Coop Standard of Excellence.

Summary

Key Flavors: Mocha (Coffee, Chocolate), Earth, Mineral, Baker’s Spice, Pepper
Burn: Very Good
Draw: Excellent
Complexity: Medium
Strength: Medium (1st Half), Medium to Full (2nd Half)
Body: Medium (Start), Medium (Remainder)
Finish: Very Good