Sancho Panza Extra Chido Toro 20

"Extra Chido" is Chicano slang for extra cool. After one smoke, you'll understand why Matt Booth picked that name.

Sancho Panza traces its roots to Havana in 1852, but the brand was fading into obscurity until Matt Booth of Room101 Cigars and Justin Andrews stepped in to rebuild it from the ground up in 2022. The rebrand introduced new blends, new packaging, and a personality that honors the brand's heritage without being trapped by it. The Extra Chido is the boldest step in that direction — the newest addition to a core lineup that now includes The Original, Double Maduro, and Extra Fuerte, and the only blend in the Sancho Panza family to use tercio-aged Dominican Piloto Cubano in the filler.

Tercio aging is an old-school Cuban technique where tobacco leaves are bound inside royal palm leaves during the aging process. The palm leaves draw moisture from the tobacco in a controlled way, resulting in a smoother, more even, and more complex flavor than standard aging produces. It is uncommon in modern production and its presence in the Extra Chido filler is what Cigar Advisor identifies as the distinguishing factor that "sets the Extra Chido blend apart from its cousins by offering a bolder and spicier experience." Rolled at General Cigar Dominicana in Santiago, Dominican Republic, this box of 20 premium cigars carries a smoking experience that CigarScore measured at 105 minutes in the Toro format.

The blend includes:

1. Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, reddish hue with a toothy, slightly bumpy feel and a sweet hay fragrance on the pre-light
2. Nicaraguan binder for structure and backbone
3. Nicaraguan air sun grown Piloto filler and tercio-aged Dominican Piloto Cubano long-filler

From the first draw, you will notice:

1. Tart fruit and black pepper on the opening draw
2. The pepper settles quickly, leaving a tart and leathery base through the first third
3. Dark chocolate, cherries, and red pepper developing alongside a coppery note characteristic of Ecuadorian Sumatra
4. Baking spices and earth returning through the mid-section alongside a creamy retrohale
5. A clean, fresh finish in the final third with white pepper and spice remaining as the profile closes

Toro one is "sweet and creamy with some spiciness on the finish" and praises the construction, smoke output, and session length. Leaf Enthusiast describes "dark chocolate, cherries, red pepper, and earth, all with the weird little metallic twang that I get so often from Sumatra wrapper leaf, blended so well into the complexity that it was a great little accent." The consensus across reviewers is a medium-plus cigar that avoids spice bomb territory while delivering genuine boldness.

Compared to other Sancho Panza blends in the Matt Booth lineup:

1. Extra Chido: Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, tercio-aged Dominican filler, medium-plus, the boldest everyday blend in the line
2. Double Maduro: Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed Maduro wrapper, darker and sweeter profile, medium body
3. Extra Fuerte: Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf binder, full-strength, the line's most intense blend
4. The Original: classic Sancho Panza profile, milder character, the brand's entry point

Compared to other medium-plus Ecuadorian Sumatra cigars:

1. Tercio-aged Dominican Piloto is an uncommon filler technique not found in most Sumatra-wrapped alternatives
2. Matt Booth and Justin Andrews's blending collaboration with General Cigar Dominicana brings boutique credibility to an accessible price point
3. The reddish toothy Sumatra wrapper delivers a more complex aromatic profile than shade-grown alternatives at the same strength level
4. 170 years of brand history behind a cigar that still costs under nine dollars per stick

This product is best suited for:

1. Medium-to-full strength smokers who want a genuine 90-plus minute session cigar built around tercio-aged Dominican tobacco
2. Fans of Matt Booth and Justin Andrews's blending work who want to explore the boldest entry in the refreshed Sancho Panza lineup
3. Anyone who wants a complex Ecuadorian Sumatra Toro with enough personality to earn the name "Extra Cool"

Key Features

1. Brand: Sancho Panza
2. Line: Extra Chido
3. Vitola: Toro
4. Size: 6 inches x 52 ring gauge
5. Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra (reddish hue, toothy, slightly bumpy)
6. Binder: Nicaraguan
7. Filler: Nicaraguan ASP Piloto + tercio-aged Dominican Piloto Cubano long-filler
8. Tercio Aging: Dominican Piloto bound in royal palm leaves during aging
9. Strength: Medium-plus
10. Flavor Profile: Tart fruit, dark chocolate, cherries, red pepper, leather, baking spices, earth, coppery Sumatra accent, white pepper finish
11. Smoking Time: 90 to 105 minutes
12. Origin: Dominican Republic
13. Factory: General Cigar Dominicana, Santiago, Dominican Republic
14. Blenders: Matt Booth (Room101) and Justin Andrews
15. Brand Heritage: Established in Havana, 1852
16. Packaging: Box of 20