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Cohiba Red Dot: flavour profile and cigars like it

Cohiba Red Dot is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a Cameroon wrapper grown in Cameroon 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 Kristoff Cameroon and La Aurora Cameroon.

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

Cohiba Red Dot cigar
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What does Cohiba Red Dot 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?

WrapperCameroon
BinderJember (Indonesian)
FillerDominican (Piloto Cubano)
StrengthMedium as published by alliancecigar.com
BodyNot published
Made inDominican Republic
Made byGeneral Cigar Company
FactoryGeneral Cigar Dominicana
SizesCohiba Red Dot, Pequenos 5 tins of 6 7.06×34 · Cohiba Red Dot, Toro Tubo 6×50

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

About Cohiba Red Dot

The line. General sold Dominican Cohiba nationally from 1994. Red Dot became widely available through its 1997 marketing expansion. cigaraficionado.com

Cigars like Cohiba Red Dot

  1. Kristoff CameroonClosest matchCameroon wrapper · MediumSame Cameroon wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. La Aurora CameroonAlso fitsCameroon wrapper · MediumSame Cameroon wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  3. Arturo Fuente HemingwayAlso fitsCameroon wrapper · MediumSame Cameroon wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  4. Leon Jimenes Series 300Also fitsCameroon wrapper · MediumSame Cameroon wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  5. Casa Cuevas Sangre NuevaOne step furtherCameroon wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Cameroon wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.

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

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