The Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 is a cigar that commemorates the Exodus of expert Cuban cigar families from Cuba. Their impact on the cigar industry after the nationalization of all tobacco farms and cigar factories by the Cuban government in 1959 is still felt today. The Toranos were one of those families. The Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 is a medium bodied smoke that is thick and heavy, with lots of spice and coffee flavors, notes of pepper and earth. Good balance and rich flavor is what Cuban cigars were known for before the exodus, and this cigar is a true tribute to those cigars and cigar making families of old Cuba.