Habano wrapper · Medium
Bandolero Serie A Aventureros: flavour profile and cigars like it
Bandolero Serie A Aventureros is a handmade cigar made in Costa Rica. Its published strength is medium. It has a Colorado maduro Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Peru and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, earth, pepper and cocoa.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A.J. Fernandez New World Puro Especial and Bossner Black Edition.
What does Bandolero Serie A Aventureros taste like?
- cream and nuts
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- cocoa and coffee
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian Habano |
|---|---|
| Binder | Peruvian |
| Filler | Peruvian and Nicaraguan |
| Strength | Medium as published by blindmanspuff.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Costa Rica |
| Made by | Selected Tobacco S.A. |
| Blender | Nelson Alfonso |
| Factory | Tabacos de Costa Rica |
| Sizes | Salvajes 4.125×50 · Audaces 4.5×54 · Osados 5×42 · Sagaces 5.375×46 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Blind Man's Puff panel (blindmanspuff.com): 90 points, Sagaces, 5.375 x 46 (2022)In our words: The panel found medium strength and medium body. Notes included leather, pepper, earth, coffee, and cream.
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 Bandolero Serie A Aventureros
The line. No dated original launch report was found. A 2022 review lists a 2021 release. blindmanspuff.com
The brand. Bandolero references tobacco smugglers responding to Spain’s historic production monopoly. Selected Tobacco produces Bandolero. United Cigars distributes it in the United States. unitedcigargroup.com
Cigars like Bandolero Serie A Aventureros
- A.J. Fernandez New World Puro EspecialClosest matchHabano wrapper · MediumSame Habano wrapper family, about the same strength.
- Bossner Black EditionAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumMore cedar and wood, about the same strength.
- Casdagli Cigars Villa Casdagli LineAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Costa Rica, more cedar and wood, less cream and nuts, a step stronger.
- Alfambra El BrujitoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
- Casa Carrillo Ascend CigarsOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Bandolero Serie A Aventureros as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.