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Habano wrapper · Medium to full

Asylum 13: flavour profile and cigars like it

Asylum 13 is a medium to full hand-made cigar. It has a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over Aged Cuban-seed long filler grown in Nicaragua filler. Published tasting notes mention black pepper, leather, cocoa, coffee bean and milk chocolate.

On our flavour map it leans toward cocoa and coffee, with pepper and spice behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Alec Bradley Prensado and AJ Fernandez New World (original, Oscuro).

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What does Asylum 13 taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • black pepper
  • leather
  • cocoa
  • coffee bean
  • milk chocolate

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

WrapperNicaraguan Habano
BinderNicaraguan (per Cigar Aficionado)
FillerAged Cuban-seed long filler grown in Nicaragua
StrengthMedium to full
Made byAsylum Premium Cigars / C.L.E. Cigar Co. (made in Honduras)
SizesLancero 7x38 · Grande 6x60 · Pandemonium 8.5x52

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

What smokers and critics say

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in Estonia and France.

Cigars like Asylum 13

  1. Alec Bradley Prensado85% flavour matchHonduran · Medium to fullMore earth and leather, same strength.
  2. AJ Fernandez New World (original, Oscuro)85% flavour matchMaduro wrapper · Medium to fullNicaraguan filler too, more earth and leather, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  3. Rocky Patel Decade81% flavour matchSumatra wrapper · Medium to fullMore earth and leather, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  4. Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Maduro (Exclusivo)79% flavour matchMaduro wrapper · Medium to fullNicaraguan filler too, more cocoa and coffee, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  5. Skelton Live Your Dreams79% flavour matchEcuadorian H-2000 · MediumLess cream and nuts, a step milder.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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