Connecticut shade wrapper · Medium
Flor de Selva Classic: flavour profile and cigars like it
Flor de Selva Classic is a medium hand-made cigar. It has a Connecticut Shade, grown in Honduras wrapper over Honduran long filler. Published tasting notes mention cedar, dried fruit and roasted.
On our flavour map it leans toward cedar and wood, with caramel sweetness behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are H. Upmann Coronas Junior and Montecristo Petit Edmundo.
What does Flor de Selva Classic taste like?
- cedar
- dried fruit
- roasted
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Connecticut Shade, grown in Honduras |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduran |
| Filler | Honduran long filler |
| Strength | Medium |
| Made by | Flor de Selva (founded 1995 by Maya Selva), Honduras (per Noblego) |
| Sizes | Petit Corona 5.5x42 · Robusto 4.75x50 · Corona 5.5x48 · Churchill 6.875x52 · Doble Corona 7.5x52 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
On the retailer best-seller lists we track in Switzerland, France and Germany.
Cigars like Flor de Selva Classic
- H. Upmann Coronas Junior86% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanMore cream and nuts, less fruit and flowers, a step milder.
- Montecristo Petit Edmundo77% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanMore fruit and flowers, less cream and nuts, a step stronger.
- Cohiba Lanceros75% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanMore fruit and flowers, less cedar and wood, a step stronger.
- Arturo Fuente Rosado Sungrown Magnum R70% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullLess cedar and wood, a step stronger.
- Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill70% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium · CubanMore pepper and spice, less cedar and wood, same strength.
Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.