La Aurora 100 Años Toro

As I was starting to write this review, I immediately disliked the thought of using the word sampler to describe how this cigar, the La Aurora 100 Años Toro, was released.

Fortunately, La Aurora had a better term selected.

La Aurora 100 Años Toro

• La Aurora Puro Vintage 2007 (6 1/2 x 50)
• La Aurora Hors d’Age 2023 (6 x 54)
• La Aurora 120 Anniversary Limited Edition (6 x 58)
• Fernando León 100 Años (5 3/4 x 52)
• La Aurora 100 Años Toro (5 3/4 x 52)

Three of the releases in the Prime Collection are not new. Those are the La Aurora 120 Anniversary Limited Edition, Hors d’Age 2023 and Puro Vintage 2007, all of which are limited editions that were released several years ago. The Puro Vintage 2007 came out in 2018, while the Hors d’Age and Puro Vintage 2007 came out in 2023.

As for the other two, they are new sizes of existing lines. The Fernando León 100 Años is a blend that has been around for decades and is based on the first blend that Fernando León Asensio, who oversaw La Aurora until his passing in 2009, worked on at La Aurora. It uses a Cameroon wrapper over a Dominican binder and fillers from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.

The other cigar, the La Aurora 100 Años Toro, is a new size in a line that debuted in 2004 in celebration of the company’s 100th anniversary.

The La Aurora 100 Años is an all-Dominican blend, with its corojo wrapper the only specific detail that the company discloses. It was the first all-Dominican blend that La Aurora released, and while it was intended to be a limited edition, the company has kept it around and made a big push last year to revitalize the brand.

It is offered in three regular production sizes:

• La Aurora 100 Años Robusto (5 x 50)
• La Aurora 100 Años Belicoso (6 1/4 x 52)
• La Aurora 100 Años Churchill (7 x 47)

There is also the La Aurora 100 Años Robusto Especial, a 5 x 50 robusto, but it uses a Connecticut broadleaf maduro wrapper and is notable for its secondary band.

“La Aurora has been shaping the legacy of premium cigars since 1903; each cigar is a homage to how tradition meets time-honored craftsmanship,” said Iturbides Zaldivar, director of sales and marketing for La Aurora, in a press release.

“The Prime Collection brings together rare gems rarely found in one place—making it truly unique in the US market. The Prime Collection is a collector’s piece, a celebration of everything La Aurora stands for: heritage, craftsmanship, and the unwavering pursuit of excellence. Where legacy is sealed in art, wood, and gold.”

The cigars were shown off at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show in mid-April and began shipping shortly thereafter. Production is limited to 450 sets, each having an MSRP of $270.

• Cigar Reviewed: La Aurora 100 Años Toro
• Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
• Factory: La Aurora Cigar Factory
• Wrapper: Dominican Republic (Corojo)
• Binder: Dominican Republic
• Filler: Dominican Republic
• Length: 5 3/4 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 52
• Shape: Round
• MSRP: $27
• Release Date: April 2026
• Number of Cigars Released: Undisclosed
• Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3

The La Aurora 100 Años Toro sports a medium, kind of nutty brown color, really well-tanned wrapper leaf that has some oiliness, evidenced not by a lot of sheen but by the feel on my fingertips. All three cigars have a nice fan cap, though the second is particularly well-shaped.

Each cigar looks good, though the third cigar has a vein on its front face that passes underneath the band that leads me to wonder if that was the best decision, a decision, or not a decision. The first cigar is firm, the second cigar has just a touch of give but still qualifies as firm as well, while the third is somewhere in between, as it feels like it has some give, but then reveals a very firm core.

The first cigar has an aroma that immediately reminds me of a cup of freshly popped popcorn, specifically whatever you might find at the ballpark. There’s a little bit of butter, but no real pepper. The second cigar is creamy before picking up some earthiness, some pepper, and just a little touch of almond. The third has an oily quality to it, kind of like sunflower seed oil, with a touch of pepper behind that, and then a generic dry tobacco scent.

The first cigar is smooth and easy, not open but without much restriction. The flavor is pretty mellow and nondescript. The second has a slightly firmer draw and has a more creamy profile that finishes with some graham cracker. The third cigar has the firmest draw of the trio, while I get subtle hints of graham cracker and buttered bread. La Aurora 100 Años Toro

The first puffs of the La Aurora 100 Años Toro are on the dry side and have that loamy, Dominican terroir that would have me thinking this is a Dominican puro within about five puffs. This is especially true on the first cigar, which seemingly gives away the blend before the first five puffs. There are some very dry crackers and black pepper emerging, but if I really want black pepper, the retrohale is where to find it. La Aurora 100 Años Toro

It may not be abundant, but it’s more available through the nose than via the taste buds. There’s some smokiness that emerges through the retrohales, but combined with creaminess both in the nose and on the tongue, it makes for a really engaging combination. The third cigar shows particular complexity, with toast, pepper and creaminess. Flavor is medium, body is medium and strength is mild. Construction is very good with no issues. La Aurora 100 Años Toro

The second third starts with an increase in the flavor intensity, as the La Aurora 100 Años Toro seems programmed to ramp things up after a relatively mild but flavorful start. There’s more toastiness, a bit of mixed nuts, and a more pronounced contribution from the black pepper. Past the midway point, there is a spot where the flavor begins to pivot, picking up a bit of burnt toast at first and then a touch of char, which sharpens the pepper and leaves a more pointed flavor on my taste buds.

The third cigar is once again the best of the bunch, showing a complexity and harmony that the other two just don’t achieve.  Flavor is medium-plus, body is medium and strength is still mild. Construction remains very good, as I have little issue with the cigars as long as I give them a puff at a typical pace. La Aurora 100 Años Toro

The final third continues to see the flavor sharpen and intensify, as the La Aurora 100 Años Toro has more of a crisp pepper and toast combination that lingers in my mouth after each puff. Retrohales do the same, as what had been a pleasant and more punchy accent to one that becomes more assertive and almost a bit too much for my liking. La Aurora 100 Años Toro

When the final third is firmly underway, I get some irritation at the top of my throat and the base of my tongue by way of an extension of the black pepper and some char, though those are the flavors that seem most closely associated with the sensation, even if they aren’t explicitly causing it.

The final inches eventually get to a point where the burnt toast and the crispy char don’t sit well on my palate, and I’m unwilling to smoke much further down in hopes of finding a last-minute change of heart. The flavor finishes with at an aggressive medium-full, body is medium and strength is medium-minus. Construction is good but not great, as there is a relight needed in the final third. La Aurora 100 Años Toro

Final Notes

• La Aurora has hinted that this might become a regular production addition, perhaps as soon as later this year. — Charlie Minato.
• Brooks Whittington just reviewed the La Aurora Preferidos 1903 Edition Double Barrel Aged (2026), another new release from La Aurora that was supposed to be at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show, but unfortunately wasn’t on display.
• That cigar has an interesting story: the line debuted in 2016, but La Aurora stopped production after a little over two years because the company wasn’t happy with the tobacco it was receiving. It now returns with a new blend but the same Preferidos vitola and packaging that looks very similar to the original.
• In my opinion, there are few people who do the videos in our PCA booth coverage that show more genuine joy, pride and vibrance than Manuel Ynoa, master blender at La Aurora.
• It’s amazing to think that the La Aurora 100 Años line has been around for 22 years. I can’t say I recall when it was released, as I wasn’t nearly as into cigars at the time, though I do remember the release of the 107 Años seven years later.
• La Aurora advertises on bestcigar.
• The cigars for this review were purchased by bestcigar.

• The company lists these as a 5 3/4 x 52 toro. The numbers above are the measurements we found for the three cigars used for this review.
• Final smoking time was a rather slow two hours and 20 minutes on average. I certainly could have smoked the cigar faster to get to a quicker smoking time, and appease some of the readers of this site.
• There was nothing about the cigar that stood out as to how I got to the smoking time that I did. Combustion was quite good in all three cigars, so this just seemed to be a result of the combustion rate of the tobacco used.
• Which brings me to another thought, and that’s that the tobacco used really influences the smoking time of a cigar. Humidity is a factor, certainly, but the thickness and oiliness of the leaves play significant roles as well.
• Site sponsor Small Batch Cigar carries the La Aurora Prime Collection, the sampler that contains the La Aurora 100 Años Toro. La Aurora 100 Años Toro