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ADVentura Explorer: flavour profile and cigars like it

ADVentura Explorer is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a Colorado wrapper grown in Mexico and filler from the Dominican Republic and Ecuador. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sungrown Series and AVO Syncro Nicaragua.

ADVentura Explorer cigar
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What does ADVentura Explorer taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperMexican wrapper; colour is not maker-stated.
BinderEcuador Sumatra
FillerDominican Republic and Ecuador
StrengthMedium as published by atlanticcigar.com
BodyMedium-bodied
Made inDominican Republic
Made byTabacalera William Ventura; ADV & McKay Cigars Co. S.R.L.; Henderson Ventura is ADVentura's master blender; exact line credit is not stated.
FactoryTabacalera Mina del Rey, Dominican Republic (current production); Tabacalera William Ventura (historical production).
SizesGordo 6×60 · Short Robusto 4×50 · Corona Gorda 5.75×46 · Robusto Grande 5×54 · Gran Toro box-pressed 6×54

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

About ADVentura Explorer

The line. ADVentura calls Explorer its first line and portfolio cornerstone. adventuracigars.com

The brand. ADVentura is a cooperation between Marcel Knobel and Dominican master blender Henderson Ventura. adventuracigars.com

Cigars like ADVentura Explorer

  1. Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sungrown SeriesClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. AVO Syncro NicaraguaAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  3. Don Lino ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  4. Epic HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  5. Gold Star regular productionOne step furtherHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named ADVentura Explorer as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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