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La Aurora Cazadores Claro: flavour profile and cigars like it

La Aurora Cazadores Claro is a mild to medium hand-made cigar. It has a Ecuadorian Connecticut (Claro blend) wrapper over Dominican (Cibao Valley), long filler. Published tasting notes mention earthy, coffee, cedar and nutty.

On our flavour map it leans toward cream and nuts, with cedar and wood behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are VegaFina 1998 and Davidoff Winston Churchill.

What does La Aurora Cazadores Claro taste like?

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

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

WrapperEcuadorian Connecticut (Claro blend)
BinderIndonesian
FillerDominican (Cibao Valley), long filler
StrengthMild to medium
Made byLa Aurora S.A. (Dominican Republic)
SizesRobusto 5x50 · Toro 6x50 · Gordo 6x60

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 Canada.

Cigars like La Aurora Cazadores Claro

  1. VegaFina 199872% flavour matchEcuadorian · MediumMore fruit and flowers, less earth and leather, a step stronger.
  2. Davidoff Winston Churchill67% flavour matchHabano wrapper · MediumMore fruit and flowers, less cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
  3. E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut64% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut shade wrapper style, more caramel sweetness, less cocoa and coffee, same strength.
  4. Hoyo de Monterrey Coronations63% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild · CubanMore fruit and flowers, less cream and nuts, a step milder.
  5. León Jimenes Prestige62% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut shade wrapper style, more caramel sweetness, same strength.

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

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