Cigar Rec’s

[Tongue-Fried]

Pepper and leather are flavors I associate with natural (cigar) tobacco. I'm also not aware of "highly cased" cigars, except for Drew Estate and others of similar ilk that either flavor the tobacco, or else spray a "mojo" sauce on the leaves, which is a cooked-down sauce of boiled tobacco leaves. It helps the burn somewhat, makes cigars such as the Liga Privada produce much more smoke, and supposedly adds a syrupy element to the flavor.

Trying to translate pipe tobacco to cigar tobacco (or vice versa), is fruitless. Different tobacco, grown in different climates, and cured using different methods.

As for dark vs. light, I'd say it more has to do with the filler leaves within. A wrapper is only a small percentage of the overall cigar, and to me, does not influence flavor as much as manufacturers would have you believe.

This is great info, thank you. Yeah I can’t say I’d be excited about smoking leather-tasting tobacco unless that flavor was dancing around in the background, but not taking the lead. I also typically steer away from perique-heavy blends for the same reason: I don’t typically like a lot of pepper or spice in my pipe tobaccos.

I’ll check out the different taste profiles of the different filler leaves, and do more research on the wrapper flavor profiles as well to see if I can’t come up with some combos I may like. That’s one nice thing about cigars: the filtering on P&C is very specific, which helps narrow down search results to very specific filler/wrap/size combinations.

 

[badbriar]

Yeah, Connecticut wrappers don't have much flavor and little to no sweetness at all.
Try Isla Del Sol Maduros for an excellent infused (flavored) budget mild cigar. A bit more $$ are Java cigars. The Java Negro smells and tastes like German chocolate cake! Javas are top shelf infused cigars.
Let us know if you prefer unflavored, regular cigars or something stronger and we can give suggestions.
Stronger premium cigars with top ratings include Oliva V Melanio, Padron 1964, Foundation Tabernacle, among many others. BTW - Maduros tend to have hints of coffee, expresso and mild sweetness in taste. Connecticuts are mild & dry, with little to no sweetness. Habanos are all over, with nuttiness, bread, leather and maybe a little sweetness in profile. My favorite are Oscuros - usually very dark, potent, burnt coffee, leather, maybe saltiness - good & potent!
Don't bother with Cubans - the offerings from the last several years are bland, vastly overpriced and suck. They are not near what they were compared to 10-15 years back.