Cigar atlas · Medium to full
Alec Bradley Tempus Natural: flavour profile and cigars like it
Alec Bradley Tempus Natural is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Colorado maduro wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from Honduras and Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Alec Bradley 30 Years and Leaf by Oscar Maduro.
What does Alec Bradley Tempus Natural 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?
| Wrapper | Honduran |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduran and Sumatran |
| Filler | Honduran and Nicaraguan |
| Strength | Medium to full as published by cigarmind.com |
| Body | Medium to Full |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Brand owner: Scandinavian Tobacco Group. Reported manufacturer in2008: Raices Cubanas. |
| Factory | Fábrica de Tabacos Raíces Cubanas S. de R.L., Danlí, Honduras |
| Sizes | Robusto 5×50 · Corona 5.5×42 · Toro 6×52 · Gordo 6×60 · Torpedo 6.125×52 · Figurado 6.75×54 · Churchill 7×49 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Cigar Aficionado tasting panel (cigaraficionado.com): 94 points, Centuria, 7 x 49 (2017)In our words: The rating page says the narrow Centuria gives the wrapper more influence.
Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.
About Alec Bradley Tempus Natural
The line. Tempus went on sale in 2008. The current official name is Tempus Natural. cigaraficionado.com
The brand. Alan Rubin founded Alec Bradley in 1996. The brand takes its name from his sons. STG acquired the Alec Bradley cigar business in March 2023. The official site identifies Forged Cigar Co. alecbradley.com
Cigars like Alec Bradley Tempus Natural
- Alec Bradley 30 YearsClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Leaf by Oscar MaduroAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Rocky Patel The Edge CorojoAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Saint Luis Rey Carenas UltramarAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Camacho Scorpion Sun GrownOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Alec Bradley Tempus Natural as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.
Sources
- alecbradley.com/cigars/tempus-natural
- cigaraficionado.com/top25cigar/alec-bradley-tempus-natural-centuria-2017
- cigaraficionado.com/article/a-strong-smoke-from-alec-bradley-209
- alecbradley.com/about
- cigaraficionado.com/article/telling-the-complete-truth-about-licenciados-cigars-17025
- holts.com/cigars/all-cigar-brands/alec-bradley-tempus-1.html
- st-group.com/media/adkdtno5/stg-annual-report-2023.pdf
- neptunecigar.com/cigar/alec-bradley-tempus
- cigarmind.com/makers/alec-bradley/tempus