Brand
About El Cigarreño
El Cigarreño has two very different faces in my notes: a Connecticut and a Maduro Oscuro with a San Andrés wrapper.
Little has been published about this brand yet, so what I know comes from smoking it. The Connecticut goes toward toasted wood, cedar and dry earth rather than cream, at 84 points. The Maduro Oscuro is dark chocolate, cacao and espresso with a molasses-like sweetness; in Robusto Box Pressed it reached 89, and in Figurado, more concentrated and better integrated, 90.
El Cigarreño
90 points, My Score
Chocolate , Cocoa , Espresso , Earth
This vitola showed me a better expression of El Cigarreño’s Maduro Oscuro. Compared with the Robusto Box Pressed, I found it more concentrated, flavorful and better integrated.
El Cigarreño
89 points, My Score
Chocolate , Espresso , Cocoa , Earth
Dark, bold and beautifully balanced.
El Cigarreño
84 points, My Score
Toast , Wood , Cedar , Earth
A different expression of Connecticut.
