Connecticut wrapper · Medium
Alfonso Añejo: flavour profile and cigars like it
Alfonso Añejo is a handmade cigar made in Costa Rica. Its published strength is medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Peru and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, pepper, sweetness and fruit.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Espinosa Crema and Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne (Connecticut).
What does Alfonso Añejo taste like?
- cream and nuts
- cedar and wood
- pepper and spice
- natural sweetness
- fruit and floral
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuador Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Binder | Ecuador Connecticut |
| Filler | Peruvian and Nicaraguan |
| Strength | Medium as published by unitedcigargroup.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Costa Rica |
| Made by | Selected Tobacco S.A. |
| Blender | Nelson Alfonso Egüed |
| Factory | Tabacos de Costa Rica, Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica |
| Sizes | No. 1 4×50 · No. 2 5×52 · No. 3 6×54 · No. 4 6.75×56 · No. 5 7.5×58 · No. 6 9×50 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- halfwheel (nl.halfwheel.com), Alfonso Extra Añejo No. 3, 6 x 54 (2022)In our words: The review describes low body and low strength. It notes cedar, citrus, peanut, pepper, and sweetness.
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 Alfonso Añejo
The line. Released in September 2022. It used five-year cedar and French-oak aging. es.halfwheel.com
The brand. Alfonso is a Selected Tobacco brand named for Nelson Alfonso’s family cigar heritage. Selected Tobacco founder Nelson Alfonso Egüed launched Alfonso Añejo in 2022. United Cigars carries the line. unitedcigargroup.com
Cigars like Alfonso Añejo
- Espinosa CremaClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, a step milder.
- Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne (Connecticut)Also fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, a step milder.
- Rocky Patel Dark StarAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
- Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more earth and leather, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
- RoMa Craft Tobac Intemperance EC XVIIIOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Alfonso Añejo as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.