Habano wrapper · Medium to full
Illusione Garagiste: flavour profile and cigars like it
Illusione Garagiste is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Colorado Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to pepper and sweetness.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Sungrown and Saint Luis Rey Carenas Ultramar.
What does Illusione Garagiste taste like?
- pepper and spice
- natural sweetness
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuador Habano |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaragua |
| Filler | Nicaragua, including Viso Corojo and Viso Criollo |
| Strength | Medium to full as published by cigaraficionado.com |
| Body | Medium to full |
| Made in | Nicaragua |
| Made by | Illusione Cigars |
| Blender | Dion Giolito |
| Factory | TABSA, Nicaragua, reported at the 2016 release |
| Sizes | Short Robusto 4.25×50 · Robusto 5×50 · Toro 6×52 · Gordo 6×56 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Cigar Aficionado (cigaraficionado.com): 91 points, Robusto, 5 x 50 (2017)In our words: Juniper, tobacco and spice led. Brown-sugar sweetness finished.
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 Illusione Garagiste
The line. Garagiste shipped in 2016 as a regular-production line. cigardojo.com
The brand. Dion Giolito is identified as Illusione Cigars' founder. Garagiste was a 2016 regular-production Illusione release made at TABSA. illusionecigars.com
Cigars like Illusione Garagiste
- Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed SungrownClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Saint Luis Rey Carenas UltramarAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, about the same strength.
- Jaime Garcia ReservaAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Aganorsa Leaf La Validación CorojoAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- My Father La Gran OfertaOne step furtherHabano wrapper · MediumSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Illusione Garagiste as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.