When creating a new blend...

[GrtndpwrflOZ]

If you were making a new blend wouldn't you be mainly concerned with the filler?

The smaller RG has a different taste based on the wrapper/filler differential, or at least this is what I have gathered. The wrapper has a very dominent taste. the more filler there is the less the wrapper dominates.
This just makes sence.

I do not know what you mean by "useless" filler. Isn't this where the blend would be?

 

[NCRadioMan]

I do not know what you mean by "useless" filler. Isn't this where the blend would be?

To me, any cigar that is over 52 rg is using useless filler. It doesn't contribute enough to the blend to matter. It's just in there to make those jaw-breaking sizes. More tobacco doesn't always mean more flavor. Ernesto Padilla talks a little about this in the same article already mentioned.

 

[doc8466]

Speaking only for ourselves, we do the initial blending in the 5.5x42 size, as the PUREST version of the blend. Once we have arrived at something we want to pursue, we do refinement in the Toro soze, knowing that most of what we're likely to sell will be in the 50-52 ring.
Extreme sizes (fat, thin, long, short, etc) may be great things to smoke, but are not, at least for us, likely to point in the overall direction we want.

Thank you for sharing that.

So once you blend the 42 and have what you want, you attempt to duplicate it in a 50+? Does the 42 remain the original or would you consider the 50+ "THE" base cigar that all other sizes will be made to emulate?

 

[Pmagus]

Generally for us the 50 becomes the "Base" cigar...however, at that point we don't usually change the corona blend any

 

[frogman18]

I'll double check. I wasn't counting, but it seemed like I read robusto more often. I'll BRB... :ss

Ok, the score is:
corona - 1 (Michael Chiusano)
robusto - 1 (Christian Eiroa)
Innuendo for robusto (states something like 'opportunity for best blending') - 4 (Hendrik Kelner, Nestor Plasencia, Robert Levin, Alejandro Martinez-Cuenca)
5 1/2 x 49 - 1 (Angel Nunez)
6 x 52 - Rocky
toro - David Blanco
50 RG - Tim Ozgener
6 x 44 - Manuel Quesada

Unless I missed one (some) no one else mentioned blending in their answer.

Ok i see your looking at blending not favorite size:tu

 

[Big D]

But if they really did just add useless filler, wouldn't the fatter rings be significantly different vs slightly? Do you know of any examples where a fattie is really that different that it's slim brethren? I'd be interested to compare for myself.

While I didn't expect there was a concrete answer ("Everyone always uses the corona size") I figured I'd throw it out there.

Thanks guys!:ss

If you care for them, try a CAO Brazila Pirannha vs the Amazon.
I love this blend, but for me the Amazon was too much of a good thing.

 

[MithShrike]

I know Tim from Habanos Torres normally makes a robusto. He just doesn't like making thinner ring gauge cigars.

 

[doc8466]

If you care for them, try a CAO Brazila Pirannha vs the Amazon.
I love this blend, but for me the Amazon was too much of a good thing.

Thanks for the feedback. I do like the Brazilia and will try both back to back to see for myself.

Once I do, I'll post my thoughts. (it'll be a few weeks...)