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Casa Cuevas Reserva Natural: flavour profile and cigars like it

Casa Cuevas Reserva Natural is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is mild-medium to medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and the United States. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, pepper and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Laura Chavin Classic Line and HVC Hot Cake Golden Line Ct.

Casa Cuevas Reserva Natural cigar
Cigar or packaging. Size not confirmed. Photo: neptunecigar.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Casa Cuevas Reserva Natural taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • pepper and spice
  • natural sweetness

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

WrapperEcuadorian Connecticut
BinderHabano
FillerDominican Republic, Nicaragua, and United States
StrengthMild-medium to medium as published by zigarrenversand.ch
BodyMedium
Made inDominican Republic
Made byCasa Cuevas Cigars; Tabacalera Las Lavas S.R.L.; Luis Cuevas Sr.
FactoryTabacalera Las Lavas S.R.L.
SizesRobusto 5×52 · Toro 6×50 · Torpedo 6.25×52

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

What reviewers say

  • thecigarsmokingman.com, Robusto 5 x 52 (2020)In our words: The reviewer found cedar, pepper, cream, anise, and excellent combustion.

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 Cuevas Reserva Natural

The line. Luis Cuevas Sr. originally blended Reserva in 2005. Natural returned in 2019. casacuevascigars.com

The brand. Casa Cuevas is the Cuevas family's self-branded cigar business. Its factory is Tabacalera Las Lavas. Casa Cuevas Cigars owns the brand. Tabacalera Las Lavas manufactures it in the Dominican Republic. cigardojo.com

Cigars like Casa Cuevas Reserva Natural

  1. Laura Chavin Classic LineClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. HVC Hot Cake Golden Line CtAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, about the same strength.
  3. RoMa Craft Tobac Intemperance EC XVIIIAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, about the same strength.
  4. Samaná 1756 SeriesAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, more cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.
  5. Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by El ArtistaOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.

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

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