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Casa Blanca Reserve: flavour profile and cigars like it

Casa Blanca Reserve is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a wrapper grown in Ecuador 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 A. Flores Gran Reserva Maduro and Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sungrown Series.

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

What does Casa Blanca Reserve 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?

WrapperEcuador; cultivar and growth method undisclosed
BinderMexico
FillerDominican Republic, long filler
StrengthMedium as published by cigars.com
BodyMedium
Made inDominican Republic
Made byJR / Santa Clara brand; current contracted manufacturer undisclosed
FactoryQuesada's factory, historical Casa Blanca production only
SizesBelicoso 6.25×52 · Lonsdale 6.12×44 · Toro 6×54 · Robusto 5×52

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 Casa Blanca Reserve

The line. Reserve replaces the original Connecticut wrapper with Ecuadorian leaf. It retains the Mexican binder and Dominican long filler. Santa Clara’s archival distributor listing confirms an earlier offering. Exact launch and first-shipment dates remain unresolved after historical searches. jrcigars.com

The brand. See Casa Blanca’s linked brand history and separately dated producer associations. jrcigars.com

Cigars like Casa Blanca Reserve

  1. A. Flores Gran Reserva MaduroClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Sungrown SeriesAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  3. Don Lino ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  4. Epic HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  5. Gold Star regular productionOne step furtherHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.

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

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