Cigar atlas · Medium
Epic Gold: flavour profile and cigars like it
Epic Gold is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A. Flores Gran Reserva Maduro and A.J. Fernandez Amar.
What does Epic Gold 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 | Ecuadorian H-2000 |
|---|---|
| Binder | Dominican Republic |
| Filler | Dominican Republic and Nicaragua |
| Strength | Medium as published by zigarrenversand.ch |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | Epic Cigars |
| Factory | Charles Fairmorn S.A. |
| Sizes | Corona Extra 5.5×46 · Lancero 7×40 · Robusto 5.5×52 · Gordo 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 Epic Gold
The line. Cigarworld says the US line launched at IPCPR 2014. Gold reached Germany in November 2015. cigarworld.de
The brand. Dean Parsons began Dominican Republic trips in 2005. He founded and trademarked Epic Cigars in 2010. Epic says Parsons worked alongside master blender Rolando Antonio Villamil for over ten years. It does not assign Villamil to every line. epiccigars.com
Cigars like Epic Gold
- A. Flores Gran Reserva MaduroClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- A.J. Fernandez AmarAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
- Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
- Aladino Cameroon ReservaAlso fitsCameroon wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
- Alec Bradley Do Not DisturbOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Epic Gold as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.