Cigar atlas · Mild to medium
Don Tomás Nicaragua: flavour profile and cigars like it
Don Tomás Nicaragua is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a wrapper grown in Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A. Flores AFR-75 Cosecha Especial 2024 Kopp Germany and A.J. Fernandez New World Connecticut.

What does Don Tomás Nicaragua 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?
| Wrapper | Nicaraguan Jalapa shade-grown |
|---|---|
| Binder | Brazilian Arapiraca |
| Filler | Nicaragua; Dominican Republic |
| Strength | Mild to medium as published by mikescigars.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Nicaragua |
| Made by | Scandinavian Tobacco Group; General Cigar Company |
| Factory | STG Estelí factory, Estelí |
| Sizes | Rothschild 4.5×50 · Robusto 5.5×50 · Toro 6×54 · Gigante 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Cigar Journal tasting panel (cigarjournal.com): 90 points, Robusto (2015)In our words: The panel gave the Robusto 90 points. The cited scale is 100 points.
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 Don Tomás Nicaragua
The line. Europe received the line in 2015. It was shown to the United States at IPCPR 2016. cigarworld.com
The brand. Don Tomás is presented as a Honduran-heritage cigar brand. Cigar Coop placed Nicaragua in General Cigar's 2016 portfolio. Cigarworld identifies STG as current owner for Buena Fé. cigarworld.com
Cigars like Don Tomás Nicaragua
- A. Flores AFR-75 Cosecha Especial 2024 Kopp GermanyClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAbout the same strength.
- A.J. Fernandez New World ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Aladino 85 AniversarioAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAbout the same strength.
- Alec Bradley ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAbout the same strength.
- Angel Cuesta Shade by J.C. NewmanOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumAbout the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Don Tomás Nicaragua as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.
Sources
- cigarworld.com/cigars/don-tomas/nicaragua
- cigar-coop.com/2016/09/cigar-news-don-tomas-nicaragua-launched-for-u-s-market-at-2016-ipcpr.html
- cigarworld.de/en/zigarren/nicaragua/don-tomas-nicaragua-robusto-90014108_31241
- mikescigars.com/brands/don-tomas-nicaragua
- lacasadeltabaco.com/en/product/don-tomas-nicaragua-toro
- cigarjournal.com/looking-back-cigar-journals-best-buy-cigars-of-2015