Connecticut wrapper · Mild to mild-medium
Crux Epicure: flavour profile and cigars like it
Crux Epicure is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is mild to mild-medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to herbs.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Hooten Young Ma Deuce and Gold Star regular production.
What does Crux Epicure taste like?
- hay and herbs
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaraguan |
| Filler | Nicaraguan |
| Strength | Mild to mild-medium as published by cigars.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Nicaragua |
| Made by | Plasencia Cigars S.A. |
| Factory | Plasencia Cigars S.A., Nicaragua |
| Sizes | Corona Gorda 5.375×46 · Robusto 5×50 · Toro 6.25×52 · Robusto Extra 5.75×54 · Gordo 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- cigaraficionado.com: 86 points, Robusto, 5 x 50 (2020)In our words: The critic noted banana, paper, char and grassy finish.
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 Crux Epicure
The line. Sources place the original release in 2016 or 2017. blindmanspuff.com
The brand. Crux states its brand has operated since 2014. Written coverage identifies Jeff Haugen and Joel Rogers as founders. Crux uses multiple factories by line. Epicure and Passport evidence points to Plasencia. Epicure Maduro evidence points to A.J. Fernandez. cruxcigars.com
Cigars like Crux Epicure
- Hooten Young Ma DeuceClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, a step stronger.
- Gold Star regular productionAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumA step stronger.
- El Mago The James AvenueAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mild-mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Graycliff G2 Connecticut, current retailer versionAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Gurkha Volition America ConnecticutOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MildSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Crux Epicure as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.