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Cavalier Genève Genéve Black II: flavour profile and cigars like it

Cavalier Genève Genéve Black II is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a San Andrés wrapper grown in Mexico and filler from Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Oscar Valladares The Oscar Ciseron and Cavalier Genève Prospektor.

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

Cavalier Genève Genéve Black II cigar
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What does Cavalier Genève Genéve Black II 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?

WrapperMexican San Andrés
BinderNicaragua
FillerNicaragua
StrengthMedium to medium-full as published by atlanticcigar.com
BodyMedium
Made inHonduras
Made byCavalier Genève
BlenderSébastien Decoppet
FactoryFábrica Centroamericana de Tabaco S.A. is the current brand-wide factory claim.
SizesRobusto 5×50 · Robusto Gordo 5×54 · Toro 6×54 · Toro Gordo 6×60 · Torpedo 6×54 · Lancero 7×38

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

What reviewers say

  • blindmanspuff.com: 92 points, Toro, 6 x 54 (2020)In our words: The blind panel scored the Toro highly. The source documents Mexican San Andrés, Nicaraguan internals, and four panelists.

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 Cavalier Genève Genéve Black II

The line. Black Series II debuted at the 2017 IPCPR trade show as Cavalier's third line. blindmanspuff.com

The brand. Cavalier describes itself as a family-owned premium handmade cigar brand connecting Geneva and Danlí. cavalier-cigars.com

Cigars like Cavalier Genève Genéve Black II

  1. Oscar Valladares The Oscar CiseronClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
  2. Cavalier Genève ProspektorAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
  3. Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. Super FlyAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Mild-medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Honduras, about the same strength.
  4. Alec Bradley KintsugiAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
  5. Macanudo Inspirado OrangeOne step furtherWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.

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

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