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Curivari Buenaventura Maduro: flavour profile and cigars like it

Curivari Buenaventura Maduro is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Maduro San Andrés wrapper grown in Mexico and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth, cocoa, cedar and pepper.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are HVC Havana City Seleccion No.1 Maduro and Plasencia Alma del Fuego.

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

Curivari Buenaventura Maduro cigar
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What does Curivari Buenaventura Maduro taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • earth and leather
  • cocoa and coffee
  • cedar and wood
  • pepper and spice

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

WrapperMexican San Andrés Maduro
BinderNicaragua
FillerNicaragua; launch reporting says more ligero than Pralines
StrengthMedium to full as published by cigaraficionado.com
BodyMedium
Made inNicaragua
Made byCurivari Cigars
FactoryTabacalera de Nicaragua, as named by the November 2023 critic
SizesBV500 5.25×50 · BV560 5.5×56 · BV600 6×60 · Mini BV 3.5×50 · Petit BV 4.25×54

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 Curivari Buenaventura Maduro

The line. Buenaventura Maduro debuted at PCA in July 2023. It extends the Buenaventura family begun in 2012. Contemporary coverage distinguished it from Pralines despite both using Mexican wrappers. The company described more ligero in the Maduro filler. Five formats formed the launch range. cigaraficionado.com

The brand. An older Curivari maker catalog describes Cuban Criollo and Corojo seed grown in Nicaragua. Its focus was a Cuban-style flavor profile and triple caps. That historical all-Nicaraguan statement predates later Mexican-wrapped lines and does not establish Maduro’s current recipe. curivari.com

Cigars like Curivari Buenaventura Maduro

  1. HVC Havana City Seleccion No.1 MaduroClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  2. Plasencia Alma del FuegoAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cream and nuts, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
  3. Silencio RivieraAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more cream and nuts, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  4. La Palina 125 AñosAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  5. Padron 1926 Serie No.47 MaduroOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more natural sweetness, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.

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

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