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BUY CIGARSCigar GuideStrength of Cigars
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| Cuba is unique to the extent that all Havanas or Habanos are blended from tobaccos grown on the island. They tend to offer medium to full flavours but the enormous variety of leaves available produce surprisingly mild smokes in certain brands. Cigars from other places like the Dominican Republic and Honduras are usually made from tobaccos taken from several countries. Hard and fast rules on flavours are therefore impossible to lay down. As a rough guide: Cigars with Dominican fillers tend towards mildness; maduro wrappers bring a sweetness to the taste, and in general Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers add spiciness.
To help you categorise your subjective feelings of taste and smell (aroma), here is a short list:
Mild
Smell - Dusty, softened and transitory
Taste - Bland, flat, herbaceous, muted
Medium to Full
Smell - Animal, cocoa, coffee, floral, green, subtle, supple, tanned leather, undergrowth, young leather and woody
Taste - Aromatic, exotic, fruity, heady, heavy, mellow, nuts, peppery, ripe, robust, spicy, sugary, sweet, tart and woody
Full or Pronounced
Smell - Coarse, earthy, piquant, pervasive, sharp and spicy
Taste - Aciduous, hot, piquant, scorching, tannic, and peaty
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