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Royal Game Connecticut Shade

🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicRobusto Extra133 mm × 50
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Strength
Mild to medium

About this cigar

The GTO Royal Game Connecticut Shade is a cigar in the Robusto Extra format, 133 mm long with a 50 ring gauge (19.8 mm), made in the Dominican Republic. Tobaccos: wrapper Connecticut Broadleaf / Connecticut Shade, binder Dominican Republic and filler Corojo / Dominican Republic. Strength: mild to medium (estimated); smoking time about 84 minutes. It is one of 2 sizes in the Royal Game Connecticut line. Noted flavors: cream, cedar and hazelnut.

Crafted by GTO in the Dominican Republic, the Royal Game Connecticut line offers the Shade vitola, a 133 mm robusto extra with a 50 ring gauge. A Connecticut Broadleaf or Connecticut Shade wrapper encases a Dominican binder and a filler blending Corojo and Dominican tobaccos. Light to medium in strength, with notes of cream, cedar and hazelnut.

Specifications

Brand
GTO
Line
Royal Game Connecticut
Vitola
Royal Game Connecticut Shade
Length
133 mm · 5.24″
Ring gauge
50 · 19.8 mm
Wrapper
Connecticut Broadleaf / Connecticut Shade
Binder
Dominican Republic
Filler
Corojo / Dominican Republic
Country of manufacture
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Smoking time
About 84 min
The house
GTO

GTO

Dominican Republic, 39 cigars

GTO is a Dominican cigar house produced by the manufacturer Tabacalera GTO Dominicana and founded by Dr. Oscar Rodríguez, whose family has grown tobacco for generations in the Cibao Valley. Its handcrafted cigars span a wide range of profiles, from smooth blends to fuller-bodied creations, with signature lines such as 33 Oaks, Pain Killer, La Cura, Natural, Maduro and Connecticut.

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Flavor palette

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Sweet
Woody
Roasted

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Cognac or armagnacDried fruit, hazelnut, oak90% match

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