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Camacho Connecticut Box Press: flavour profile and cigars like it

Camacho Connecticut Box Press is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Honduras, the Dominican Republic and the United States. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, earth and fruit.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Micallef Herencia Maduro and Diamond Crown Maduro.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Camacho Connecticut Box Press cigar
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What does Camacho Connecticut Box Press taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • earth and leather
  • fruit and floral

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

WrapperEcuador Connecticut-seed
BinderHonduras Corojo
FillerHonduras, Dominican Republic and USA Pennsylvania Broadleaf
StrengthMedium as published by atlanticcigar.com
BodyNot published
Made inHonduras
Made byCamacho / Oettinger Davidoff
FactoryDiadema Cigars de Honduras S.A.
SizesToro 6×50

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

What reviewers say

  • cigar-coop.com: 87 points, Toro,6x50 (2017)In our words: Cream, toast and mineral notes gained wood and citrus. Good construction supported a moderate-strength smoke.

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 Camacho Connecticut Box Press

The line. BXP was announced in January2017and shipped the following month. Pennsylvania Broadleaf distinguishes its recipe from the round counterpart;2022 U.S. trimming retained only Toro. cigaraficionado.com

Cigars like Camacho Connecticut Box Press

  1. Micallef Herencia MaduroClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to medium-fullAbout the same strength.
  2. Diamond Crown MaduroAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
  3. Aladino Cameroon ReservaAlso fitsCameroon wrapper · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  4. Oz Family Cigars FirsatAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, a step milder.
  5. Arturo Fuente Casa Fuente Series5 NaturalOne step furtherWrapper style not published · MediumLess earth and leather, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Camacho Connecticut Box Press as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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