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Habanos Retro-Linie: flavour profile and cigars like it

Habanos Retro-Linie is a handmade cigar made in Cuba. Its published strength is full. It has a wrapper grown in Cuba and filler from Cuba. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A.J. Fernandez New World Cameroon and Aganorsa Leaf Maduro.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

What does Habanos Retro-Linie 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?

WrapperCuba
BinderCuba
FillerCuba
StrengthFull as published by jjfox.co.uk
BodyNot published
Made inCuba
SizesPartagás Capitols 5.08×42 · Romeo y Julieta Club Kings 5.08×42

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.

About Habanos Retro-Linie

The line. Línea Retro debuted at FIHAV 2017. Its metal cases referenced 1970s pocket cigar holders. habanos.com

The brand. Habanos, S.A. markets a portfolio of premium Cuban cigar brands. habanos.com

Cigars like Habanos Retro-Linie

  1. A.J. Fernandez New World CameroonClosest matchCameroon wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  2. Aganorsa Leaf MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  3. Aladino Corojo ReservaAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  4. Alec Bradley Double BroadleafAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  5. Ashton SymmetryOne step furtherHabano wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.

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

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