The Ferio Tego Metropolitan Connecticut Petites carry forward one of the more traditional ideas in the Metropolitan portfolio: a genuinely small cigar made for occasions when there simply isn't time for a Robusto. Metropolitan itself reaches back to the Nat Sherman years, and Michael Herklots and Brendon Scott wisely preserved the line when they formed Ferio Tego. It remains an old-school sort of cigar—approachable enough for the occasional smoker, but made with enough attention to tobacco to satisfy someone who knows what they're looking for.
At just 4" x 34, the Petites put the Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper squarely in the driver's seat. There's relatively little filler competing with the wrapper, which makes this slender format more aromatic and wrapper-forward than the larger Metropolitan sizes. Expect a clean profile of cedar, toasted tobacco and gentle nuttiness, with restrained sweetness and spice underneath. The narrow ring gauge also rewards a slower cadence; smoke it too quickly and much of the finesse that makes a small Connecticut worthwhile can disappear.
Don't dismiss the Petites simply because they're small. Traditional narrow-ring cigars have a character all their own, and this format makes particularly good sense with a delicate Connecticut wrapper. Keep a handful in the humidor for morning coffee, a short drive or those times when 20–30 minutes is all you've got. It's a proper cigar in a small format, not merely a shortened substitute for something larger.
