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Alec Bradley Prensado: flavour profile and cigars like it

Alec Bradley Prensado is a medium to full hand-made cigar. It has a Honduran wrapper over Honduran and Nicaraguan filler. Published tasting notes mention leather, chocolate, coffee, spice and almond.

On our flavour map it leans toward cocoa and coffee, with earth and leather behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Asylum 13 and Diamond Crown Maximus.

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What does Alec Bradley Prensado taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • leather
  • chocolate
  • coffee
  • spice
  • almond

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

WrapperHonduran
BinderNicaraguan
FillerHonduran and Nicaraguan
StrengthMedium to full
Made byAlec Bradley (rolled in Honduras at Raíces Cubanas)
SizesRobusto 5x50 · Corona Gorda 5.625x46 · Gran Toro 6x54 · Double Toro 6x62 · Torpedo 6.125x52 · Churchill 7x48

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

What smokers and critics say

Smokers like: sweet and spicy profile, smooth with good value and great draw.

Some say: uneven burn on some and newer batches less rich.

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in Estonia, Canada and the Nordics.

Cigars like Alec Bradley Prensado

  1. Asylum 1385% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullLess earth and leather, same strength.
  2. Diamond Crown Maximus84% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullMore cedar and wood, same strength.
  3. Davidoff Escurio82% flavour matchHabano wrapper · MediumMore cedar and wood, a step milder.
  4. Rocky Patel Decade81% flavour matchSumatra wrapper · Medium to fullLess cream and nuts, same strength.
  5. AJ Fernandez New World (original, Oscuro)77% flavour matchMaduro wrapper · Medium to fullMore pepper and spice, less cream and nuts, same strength.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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