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Cohiba Siglo VI: flavour profile and cigars like it

Cohiba Siglo VI is a medium hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler. Published tasting notes mention nutty, espresso, brown sugar, dried berries, cedar and chocolate.

On our flavour map it leans toward cocoa and coffee, with cedar and wood behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Montosa Maduro and Alonso Menéndez.

What does Cohiba Siglo VI taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • nutty
  • espresso
  • brown sugar
  • dried berries
  • cedar
  • chocolate

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

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban
FillerCuban long filler
StrengthMedium
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesSiglo VI (Cañonazo) 5.875x52

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide. Cuban cigars generally can't be legally imported into the United States.

What smokers and critics say

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in Spain, the UAE, France and the United Kingdom.

Cigars like Cohiba Siglo VI

  1. Montosa Maduro75% flavour matchSan Andrés wrapper · MediumMore cocoa and coffee, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  2. Alonso Menéndez73% flavour matchBrazilian wrapper · MediumMore fruit and flowers, less cedar and wood, same strength.
  3. Montecristo No. 372% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more fruit and flowers, less caramel sweetness, a step stronger.
  4. Macanudo Maduro71% flavour matchBroadleaf wrapper · Mild to mediumMore caramel sweetness, less cream and nuts, a step milder.
  5. La Aurora Puro Vintage71% flavour matchEcuador Havana · Medium to fullMore cedar and wood, less earth and leather, a step stronger.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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