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El Mago Disco: flavour profile and cigars like it

El Mago Disco is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium-full to full. It has a Oscuro Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Diesel Estelí Puro and Perdomo Fresco Sun Grown.

El Mago Disco cigar
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What does El Mago Disco 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?

WrapperEcuadorian Habano Oscuro
BinderConflicting reports: Criollo or Corojo.
FillerNicaraguan
StrengthMedium-full to full as published by neptunecigar.com
BodyMedium-to-full-bodied.
Made inNicaragua
Made byEl Mago Cigars
FactoryMGE Cigars Factory, Estelí
SizesGordo 6×60

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 El Mago Disco

The line. Disco references Miami’s 1970s disco culture and was El Mago’s first 6 x 60. neptunecigar.com

The brand. El Mago commemorates Maria and Gonzalo Torre. Nicolas Fusco states its name combines their initials. The couple died in the June 2021 Champlain Towers collapse. elmagocigars.com

Cigars like El Mago Disco

  1. Diesel Estelí PuroClosest matchHabano wrapper · Medium-full to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Perdomo Fresco Sun GrownAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium-full to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Rojas Street Tacos Al PastorAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium-full to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. My Father Flor de las Antillas MaduroAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium-full to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  5. Padron 1926 Serie NaturalOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium-full to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.

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

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