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Eiroa The First 20 Years: flavour profile and cigars like it
Eiroa The First 20 Years is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium. It has a wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cocoa, cedar, earth, pepper, fruit and herbs.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Leaf by Oscar Sumatra and Alec Bradley Kintsugi.
What does Eiroa The First 20 Years taste like?
- cream and nuts
- cocoa and coffee
- cedar and wood
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- fruit and floral
- hay and herbs
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Honduran |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduran |
| Filler | Honduran |
| Strength | Medium as published by neptunecigar.com |
| Body | Medium to Full-bodied |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | C.L.E. Cigar Company; Christian Eiroa |
| Factory | El Aladino factory, Danlí, Honduras |
| Sizes | Prensado 6×46 · Robusto 5×50 · Toro 6×54 · Gordo 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- cigar-coop.com: 93 points, 50 x 5 (2016)In our words: Earth, coffee, cream, lemongrass, and pepper.
- cigaraficionado.com: 90 points, 50 x 5 Prensado Robusto (2016)In our words: Toasty nuts, cocoa, licorice, and even draw.
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 Eiroa The First 20 Years
The line. The line marked Christian Eiroa's 20th industry year. cigar-coop.com
The brand. Christian Eiroa launched C.L.E. in July 2012. C.L.E. currently sells Eiroa cigars. The company says Eiroa cigars are made in its Danlí factory. Christian's father Julio grew Authentic Corojo in Honduras from 1997. C.L.E. presents Eiroa as a family-name brand. clecigars.com
Cigars like Eiroa The First 20 Years
- Leaf by Oscar SumatraClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more pepper and spice, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
- Alec Bradley KintsugiAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more pepper and spice, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
- Oscar Valladares The Oscar HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, a step stronger.
- Meerapfel MaestranzaAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
- La Palina Blue LabelOne step furtherSumatra wrapper · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more cedar and wood, less cream and nuts, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Eiroa The First 20 Years as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.