Habano wrapper · Medium to medium-full
Alfambra El Brujito: flavour profile and cigars like it
Alfambra El Brujito is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, earth, pepper and cocoa.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Bossner Black Edition and Black Works Studio NBK.
What does Alfambra El Brujito taste like?
- cream and nuts
- cedar and wood
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- cocoa and coffee
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Conflicting: Ecuador Habano in 2018-2019 sources; Nicaragua puro in current retailer copy |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaraguan Habano in 2018 source |
| Filler | Nicaraguan Habano in 2018 source |
| Strength | Medium to medium-full as published by cigarsmokerclub.com |
| Body | Mild to medium |
| Made in | Nicaragua |
| Made by | Alejandro Alfambra |
| Factory | Tabacalera Alfambra, Estelí; street address undisclosed |
| Sizes | F1 Robusto 5×50 · F2 Magnum 56 6×56 · F3 Grandioso 6.25×60 · F7 Toro 6×52 · F8 Coronita 4.5×42 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- David A. Blasco Delgado: 7.7 of 10, F1 Robusto (2019)In our words: The review found early pepper, then toasted wood, leather, nuts, and coffee.
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 Alfambra El Brujito
The line. A 2018 report lists F1 and F2. An official 2019 post calls it a new line. cigarinspector.com
The brand. Cigar Inspector attributes the 2015 brand launch to Alejandro Alfambra. It reports earlier plantation and factory work. Sources identify Alejandro Alfambra as maker. Cigarworld also names Alejandro Mata, creating an unresolved relationship conflict. cigarinspector.com
Cigars like Alfambra El Brujito
- Bossner Black EditionClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Black Works Studio NBKAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Casa Carrillo Ascend CigarsAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, about the same strength.
- Oscar Valladares The Oscar HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, about the same strength.
- Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Puro NicaraguaOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Alfambra El Brujito as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.