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Cuba Aliados by E.P. Carrillo: flavour profile and cigars like it

Cuba Aliados by E.P. Carrillo is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Colorado Sumatra wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, earth and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are AVO Syncro South America Ritmo and VegaFina 1998.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Cuba Aliados by E.P. Carrillo cigar
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What does Cuba Aliados by E.P. Carrillo taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • earth and leather
  • natural sweetness

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

WrapperEcuadorian Sumatra
BinderNicaraguan
FillerDominican Republic and Nicaragua
StrengthMedium to full as published by cigaraficionado.com
BodyMedium
Made inDominican Republic
Made byOliva Cigar Co.; Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
FactoryTabacalera La Alianza, renamed Casa Carrillo in 2023
SizesRobusto 5×50 · Toro 6×52 · Torpedo 6×54 · ReGordo 6×60 · Churchill 7×50

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

What reviewers say

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 Cuba Aliados by E.P. Carrillo

The line. Oliva commissioned the 2022 special release from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. The brand gives 10,000 boxes. Launch reporting gives 15,000. The final production quantity remains unresolved. original-aliados.com

The brand. Rolando Reyes produced Cuba Aliados in Havana from 1955. The brand later settled in Honduras. original-aliados.com

Cigars like Cuba Aliados by E.P. Carrillo

  1. AVO Syncro South America RitmoClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. VegaFina 1998Also fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more fruit and floral, less earth and leather, a step milder.
  3. Perdomo Special Craft Series AmberAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullLess earth and leather, about the same strength.
  4. La Aurora 107 NicaraguaAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more pepper and spice, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
  5. Saint Luis Rey Eiroa 30th AnniversaryOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullMore pepper and spice, about the same strength.

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

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