My Father Connecticut Corona Gorda Review

The smoothest, most elegant size of the Connecticut line

The My Father Connecticut Corona Gorda is a mild-medium 6 by 48 - Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler, with the family's signature pigtail cap. It's the slender size of the Connecticut line, the gentle morning cigar from a house famous for full-bodied power, and it shows the Garcia family builds a smooth smoke as carefully as a strong one. It smokes cream, almond, cedar and light toast in the most elegant, delicate form the line offers over about sixty-five minutes.

What the slender format does is refine. The 48 ring keeps the creamy Connecticut character cool and elegant, the buttery almond-and-cedar profile leading cleanly with no pepper bite. Where My Father's flagship and Le Bijou lines are full and spicy, this is mild-medium and polished - a smooth, approachable smoke that never turns harsh. The slim ring makes it the most delicate size in the Connecticut lineup, the one for savoring rather than powering through. Construction is flawless Garcia work: smooth golden wrapper, an excellent draw, straight burn, tight ash.

My reservations are about expectations. This is a genuinely mild-medium cigar, so if you come to My Father for the full-bodied power of the flagship or Le Bijou, the Connecticut will feel too gentle - it's a different mood entirely. And the slender 48 ring warms up and can sharpen if you puff too fast, so it rewards a patient cadence. If you want a bit more body in the same blend, the Toro or Toro Gordo; if you want power, look to the other lines. For a creamy, elegant morning smoke, though, this is a beautiful choice.

Where it fits is the morning or midday smoke for someone who wants something smooth and refined - a creamy breakfast cigar, an easy first-of-the-day, or a gentle option for a newer smoker not ready for the flagship's power. It pairs beautifully with coffee. As the slenderest size of the Connecticut line, it's the most elegant, delicate smoke My Father makes.