Cigar atlas · Medium to full · Limited release
Ashton ESG: flavour profile and cigars like it
Ashton ESG is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Colorado maduro wrapper grown in the Dominican Republic and filler from the Dominican Republic. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Cusano Nicaragua Estelí and DBL Cigars Maduro.

What does Ashton ESG 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 | Dominican Republic Sun Grown |
|---|---|
| Binder | Dominican Republic |
| Filler | Dominican Republic |
| Strength | Medium to full as published by ashtoncigar.com |
| Body | Medium-Full |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | Fuente family for Ashton |
| Factory | Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia., historical 2006 |
| Sizes | 20 Year Salute 6.75×49 · 21 Year Salute 5.25×52 · 22 Year Salute Pyramid 6×52 · 23 Year Salute 6.25×52 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
About Ashton ESG
The line. ESG began shipping in July 2006, celebrating Ashton's twentieth anniversary. Fuente used a sun-grown wrapper from Chateau de la Fuente. cigaraficionado.com
Cigars like Ashton ESG
- Cusano Nicaragua EstelíClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- DBL Cigars MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- Kristoff Corojo LimitadaAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- La Aurora Puro VintageAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- Arturo Fuente Opus X 25th Anniversary TributoOne step furtherCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Ashton ESG as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.
Sources
- cigaraficionado.com/article/ashton-esgs-released-2334
- ashtoncigar.com/cigars/ashton/ashton-esg
- smokeinn.com/cigars-ashton-esg
- ashtoncigar.com/brand-history
- cigaraficionado.com/article/an-interview-with-ashtons-robert-levin-6123
- neptunecigar.com/cigar/ashton-esg
- ashtoncigar.com/cigars/ashton/ashton-estate-sun-grown
- holts.com/brand/index/index/ashton/1
- cigora.com/product/ashton-esg/I0A-PM.html