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H. Upmann Coronas Major: flavour profile and cigars like it

H. Upmann Coronas Major is a mild to medium hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler. Published tasting notes mention cedar, coffee, leather, honey and vanilla.

On our flavour map it leans toward caramel sweetness, with cedar and wood behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are My Father Connecticut and Trinidad Fundadores.

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What does H. Upmann Coronas Major taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • cedar
  • coffee
  • leather
  • honey
  • vanilla

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban
FillerCuban long filler
StrengthMild to medium
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesEminentes 5.2x42 (Coronas Major Tubos)

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide. Cuban cigars generally can't be legally imported into the United States.

What smokers and critics say

Smokers like: leather, cocoa and earth and wood and vanilla notes.

Some say: firm draw or uneven burn on some.

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in the Nordics and Australia.

Cigars like H. Upmann Coronas Major

  1. My Father Connecticut83% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumMore cream and nuts, less fruit and flowers, same strength.
  2. Trinidad Fundadores74% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, less cedar and wood, a step stronger.
  3. Cuesta-Rey Centro Fino Sungrown72% flavour matchSumatra wrapper · MediumMore cream and nuts, less earth and leather, a step stronger.
  4. Punch Coronations71% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more pepper and spice, less cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
  5. Por Larrañaga Montecarlos68% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cream and nuts, less earth and leather, same strength.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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