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Cameroon wrapper · Medium to full · Limited release

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Personal Reserve: flavour profile and cigars like it

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Personal Reserve is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Cameroon wrapper grown in Cameroon and filler from the Dominican Republic. The tasting notes in our sources point to pepper, earth and herbs.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Warped Companion de Warped and La Aurora 1962 Corojo.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Personal Reserve cigar
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What does Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Personal Reserve taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • pepper and spice
  • earth and leather
  • hay and herbs

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

WrapperCameroon
BinderDominican Republic
FillerDominican Republic
StrengthMedium to full as published by cigar-coop.com
BodyMedium to Full initially
Made inDominican Republic
Made byArturo Fuente, announced with Prometheus
FactoryTabacalera A. Fuente y Cia.
SizesPersonal Reserve Robusto 5×50

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

What reviewers say

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 Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Personal Reserve

The line. Leaf Enthusiast reports a 2015 IPCPR announcement and 2016 store arrivals. leafenthusiast.com

The brand. Arturo Fuente began in 1912. The company remains family-owned in the Dominican Republic. arturofuente.com

Cigars like Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Personal Reserve

  1. Warped Companion de WarpedClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
  2. La Aurora 1962 CorojoAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
  3. La Gloria Cubana Spanish PressAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more earth and leather, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  4. A. Flores Connecticut Valley ReserveAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more earth and leather, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  5. Kristoff LigeroOne step furtherCriollo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more earth and leather, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.

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

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