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San Andrés wrapper · Medium to full

El Mago Mago Vice: flavour profile and cigars like it

El Mago Mago Vice is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a San Andrés wrapper grown in Mexico 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 Artesano Del Tobacco El Pulpo and HVC Edicion Especial 2015.

El Mago Mago Vice cigar
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What does El Mago Mago Vice 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?

WrapperMexican San Andrés
BinderHabano
FillerNicaraguan; Estelí, Condega, and Jalapa
StrengthMedium to full as published by smokeinn.com
BodyMedium to full-bodied
Made inNicaragua
Made byEl Mago Cigars
FactoryMGE Cigars Factory, Estelí, Nicaragua
SizesBox-pressed Toro 6×54

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

About El Mago Mago Vice

The line. Mago Vice is a Smoke Inn exclusive collaboration with Abe Dababneh and Nick Fusco. milled.com

The brand. El Mago’s name combines Maria and Gonzalo Torre. Fusco created it after their 2021 deaths. Nick Fusco is identified as founder. Historical sources place production at MGE Cigars Factory in Estelí. elmagocigars.com

Cigars like El Mago Mago Vice

  1. Artesano Del Tobacco El PulpoClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. HVC Edicion Especial 2015Also fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Inch by E.P. Carrillo NicaraguaAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. Micallef MigdaliaAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  5. Oliva Serie V MaduroOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.

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

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