Cameroon wrapper · Medium to medium-full
Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva: flavour profile and cigars like it
Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a Colorado Cameroon wrapper grown in Ecuador and Cameroon and filler from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and the United States. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, pepper, sweetness and earth.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Graycliff Chateau Grand Cru and Laura Chavin Classic Line.
What does Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva taste like?
- cream and nuts
- cedar and wood
- pepper and spice
- natural sweetness
- earth and leather
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian Cameroon |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduran Corojo |
| Filler | Dominican, Nicaraguan, Pennsylvania Broadleaf, and Kentucky fire-cured tobacco |
| Strength | Medium to medium-full as published by blindmanspuff.com |
| Body | Medium-to-full |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | Tabacalera Las Lavas S.R.L.; Cuevas family / Casa Cuevas Cigars; Alec Cuevas |
| Factory | Tabacalera Las Lavas S.R.L., Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| Sizes | Robusto 4.75×52 · Toro 6×52 · Double Perfecto 6×58 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- blindmanspuff.com: 95 points, Toro, 6 x 52 (2023)In our words: The panel reported cedar, sweet tobacco, baking spice, cashew, and generally strong construction.
- cigar-coop.com: 90 points, Double Perfecto, 6 x 58 (2023)In our words: The reviewer noted earth, wood, mesquite, barbecue sweetness, pepper, 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 Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva
The line. Alec Cuevas developed the line. It debuted at PCA 2022 and shipped in September. blindmanspuff.com
The brand. The Cuevas tobacco business began in nineteenth-century Cuba. It later continued in the Dominican Republic. Casa Cuevas Cigars is the Cuevas family’s brand. Tabacalera Las Lavas physically produces its cigars. casacuevascigars.com
Cigars like Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva
- Graycliff Chateau Grand CruClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullLess earth and leather, about the same strength.
- Laura Chavin Classic LineAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
- Arturo Fuente Rosado Sungrown Magnum RAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cocoa and coffee, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
- Saint Luis Rey Eiroa 30th AnniversaryAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullMore earth and leather, about the same strength.
- El Mago SolsticeOne step furtherSumatra wrapper · MediumLess natural sweetness, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.