Fuente Anejo #46 | $12 | Med | A+ | Ultimate in savory maduro bliss |
Camacho Triple Maduro | $13 | Full | A+ | Ultimate in peppery maduro bliss |
Perdomo ESV 1991 | $9 | Full | A | Great blend and rich maduro flavor |
Alec Bradley Black Market | $9 | Solid Medium | A | Great maduro flavor, body, with good price |
J. Fuego Delirium | $9 | Med | A | Mmmmmaaaadurooohhh |
Carlos Toraño Virtuoso | $9 | Med+ | A | Good smoke, attractive |
Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 | $7 | Full | A | Hold on to your pants. |
Perdomo 10th Anniversary Reserve maduro | $9 | Med | A- | Wow. A great follow-up from the original Perdomo Reserve series. |
Carlos Toraño Signature | $6 | Med | A- | Great smoke, score when possible |
Graycliff 1666 | $8 | Med+ | A- | Delicious |
Savinelli Rico y Raro | $8 | Full+ | A- | Great tasting smoke, big nicotine hit. 2+ whole leaves of ligero per cigar. |
Perdomo Habano | $6 | Med | B+ | Good smoke, great price. |
Padron Anniversary 1964 maduro | $14 | Med+ | B+ | Smooth earth, coffee, cocoa flavors, w/ a little spice. Expected more for the $$. |
Panacea Green maduro | $6 | Med | B+ | Earth, leather and spide at the end, nice bang for the buck |
San Cristobal | $9 | Med | B+ | Nice Pepin blend, but not big on maduro flavor |
CAO Brazilia | $7 | Med | B+ | Spicy and well blended |
Camacho SLR maduro | $7 | Full | B+ | Like getting hit in the mouth with a cedar 2x4 wrapped in leather and sprinkled in cocoa. |
CAO Italia | $7 | Med | B+ | Spicy, but with a little tang to it |
Oliva Serie O | $6 | Med | B | Another good smoke with a great price |
Avo #2 maduro | $8 | Mild+ | B | Nutty, creamy blend dusted with cocoa |
Panacea Black Classic | $6 | Med | B | Leathery, with some earth, but little spice. |
Padron 3000 | $6 | Med | B | Muscular flavors, good maduro |
Oliva Serie G | $5 | Mild+ | B | Nice smoke, always a pleasure |
Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Dark Knight | $5 | Med | B | Solid, dependable smoke |
Romeo y Julieta Reserve Maduro | $5 | Med- | B | Nice blend, but a little on the mild side |
Camacho Corojo | $7 | Med | B | Corojo heat, maduro sweet |
Carlos Toraño Exodus 1959 | $6 | Med | B | Good smoke |
La Gloria Cubana Serie R | $7 | Full | B | Good smoke, with kick |
Alec Bradley Maxx | $5 | Med- | B | Nice smoke, fat and cool |
CAO MX2 | $7 | Med | B | Good maduro flavors, unusual blend |
Macanudo 1968 | $10 | Med | B | Good smoke, but overpriced |
Rocky Patel Edge Missile | $6 | Med+ | B | Good go-to stick |
Perdomo Reserve Maduro | $5 | Med | B | Great blend, rich maduro flavor |
Savinelli Nicaraguan Reserve | $6 | Med+ | B | Unexpected, great smoke, spices, coffee, cocoa. Could be lovechild of Oliva O and Perdomo Reserve. |
Perdomo Lot 23 | $4 | Mild+ | B- | Nice smoke at reasonable price |
Hoyo de Monterrey Dark Sumatra | $5 | Med | B- | Nice blend, but faint maduro flavors |
Gurkha Legend "8-year Aged" | $6 | Med- | B- | Good smoke, but not much maduro flavor |
Arturo Fuente Chateau | $5 | Mild+ | B- | Nice blend, but faint maduro flavors |
Partagas Black | $6 | Med | B- | Peppery blend, more coffee and cedar than cocoa |
C&C LRMD Maduro | $6 | Mild | B- | Mild earth and leather flavors; a rookie's maduro |
CAO L'Anniversaire Maduro | $7.50 | Med | B- | Nice maduro flavors, but overpriced |
5 Vegas Series A | $3 | Med- | B- | Great blend and smoke for the price |
Cusano 18 Paired Maduro | $5 | Mild+ | C+ | Mild blend with spunk, soft maduro flavor |
Indian Tabac Cameroon Legend | $4 | Med- | C+ | Fat, cool smoke, mild maduro tone |
Hoyo de Monterrey maduro | $4 | Med- | C+ | Nice smoke at reasonable price |
Sancho Panza Double Maduro | $4 | Mild+ | C+ | Nice maduro flavor |
Flor de Oliva maduro | $2 | Med- | C+ | Budget smoke with a little maduro touch |
La Vieja Habana Belicoso D | $3 | Med- | C+ | Nice budget maduro |
Occidental Reserve Double Broadleaf | $3 | Mild | C | Good starter maduro |
Carlos Toraño Exodus 1959 Silver | $5 | Med- | C | Nice blend, but tend to explode |
Punch Maduro Maduro | $5 | Med- | C | Solid smoke, decent maduro flavor |
Gurkha Doble Maduro | $5 | Med- | C | Starts off great, tasting like Partagas Black, but gets bland after the first third. |
Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ | $7 | Med | C | Nice blend, but little maduro flavor |
Padron 2000 | $5 | Med | C | Good cigar for the price |
Omar Ortez maduro | $5 | Med | C | Decent smoke |
Chateau Real maduro | $6 | Mild+ | C | Not bad, but you can get better for the $ |
Drew Estates Dirt | $5 | Med- | C | Oddball flavor, sweetened cap |
Sol Cubano maduro | $2 | Med- | C | Nice value smoke |
Alec Bradley Ovation | $3 | Mild+ | C | Not bad. Not great, but not bad. |
Arganese Chairman | $5 | Med- | C | Decent smoke, but mild maduro flavor |
Helix 550 tubo | $4 | Mild | C- | Airy, with little maduro flavor |
Padilla Obsidian | $4 | Med- | C- | Great taste, but very inconsistent construction |
Muira maduro | $4 | Med | C- | So-so, wrapper may be dyed |
Angel 100 | $3 | Mild+ | C- | Eh |
Pirate's Gold maduro | $1 | Mild+ | D | The name is the only redeeming value |
Cu-Avana maduro | $2 | Mild | D | Like smoking wheat toast |
Rio del Pinar "oscuro" | $3 | Med- | D | Nothing oscuro about this yard 'gar |
Rocky Patel R4 | $4 | Med- | D | Wrapper tasted super-salty/chemically |
Victor Sinclair Reserve | $4 | Med- | D | I smoked it out of kindness. Never again |
Tierra del Sol maduro | $2 | Mild+ | D | Avoid. A. V. O. I. D. |
Nestor Reserve 2004 | $2 | Mild+ | F | Dyed wrapper covers crummy blend |
Monday, February 20, 2012
Codex Tenebrae 2011
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3 comments:
I'm a light weight when it comes to cigars. Even when I lit one up more often, when I received an expensive one as a gift it would always kick me on my butt.
Well, not all maduro (dark-wrapper) cigars are butt-kickers. A couple milder suggestions would be:
AVO maduro
the newer C&C maduro
Arturo Fuente's Gran Reserva (green stripe on band) maduros.
Oliva Serie G maduro
Maduro-wrapper cigars can be another realm of flavor to experience. Find a good tobacconist, and he or she can point you in the right direction.
James, we really like your reviews and would love to provide you with some cost free cigars for your next review. Contact us if you are interested: cs at truetobacco dot com
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