My Father No. 5 Toro Review

The No. 5 Toro is the big size of My Father's original flagship - a 6 by 56 toro gordo, the fattest ring in the numbered line. Same 2008 blend, but the generous 56 ring changes how it delivers: cooler, smoother, more filler in play. Ecuadorian Habano Rosado wrapper, Nicaraguan guts, the family pigtail cap. The wrapper is oily and rosado-dark, the thick body substantial in hand. My cold draw pulled deep cocoa and a rounded pepper. This is the flagship at its biggest - the smoothest, most filler-forward size of the line.

It opens full but rounded - the fat 56 ring puts more filler against less wrapper, so the black pepper is softer and the cocoa-leather core broader than the No. 1's sharper spice. It smokes cool and easy from the start, the big ring keeping temperatures down. The pigtail clipped clean, the draw open and generous, burn a straight line. Where the slim Crema and Cedros lead with cedar, the No. 5 leads with a broad, smooth cocoa depth. A rich, mellow-powered start.

The middle is broad, cool flagship depth. The cocoa-leather core spreads wide, the pepper rounded, cedar present but softer than the slim sizes - the fat ring emphasizing the filler's richness and smoothness over sharp spice. It runs cool over the toro gordo, the most easygoing of the numbered sizes despite being just as full. My ash held a thick tight column, burn immaculate. This is the flagship blend at its smoothest and most generous, the size for when you want depth without edge.

The final third deepens the broad cocoa, pepper, cedar and leather over roughly eighty minutes total, full but smooth to the nub. My verdict: the No. 5 Toro is the flagship My Father at its biggest, coolest and smoothest - the size for depth without sharpness. Honest notes: it's still genuinely full, the 56 ring is a big mouthful, and it's the longest of the numbered sizes at eighty minutes. But for the flagship blend smoked cool and easy, rich rather than sharp, this is the pick.