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Laura Chavin Concours des meilleurs Connaisseurs: flavour profile and cigars like it

Laura Chavin Concours des meilleurs Connaisseurs is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a wrapper grown in the Dominican Republic and filler from the Dominican Republic. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, pepper, fruit and herbs.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are La Aurora 1495 and San Pedro Ecuador.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Laura Chavin Concours des meilleurs Connaisseurs cigar
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What does Laura Chavin Concours des meilleurs Connaisseurs taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • pepper and spice
  • fruit and floral
  • hay and herbs

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

WrapperDominican Republic
BinderDominican Republic
FillerDominican Republic
StrengthMedium as published by tabak24.de
BodyNot published
Made inDominican Republic
FactoryTabacalera Altagracia
SizesRobusto 4.53×56 · Perfecto 3.94×51 · Corona 5.51×43 · Diadema 6.69×48

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

  • cigarslover.com, Concours Corona Edition 2020 (2021)In our words: The published award review describes a creamy profile with fruit, herbs, pepper, wood, and hazelnut.

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 Laura Chavin Concours des meilleurs Connaisseurs

The line. The line marks the brand’s tenth anniversary. It returned in Edition 2019. laurachavin.de

The brand. Helmut Bührle began the brand in 1992. Its first Dominican cigars appeared at Intertabac in 1998. Willi Knopf acquired Laura Chavin Cigar GmbH operating assets in 2017. Cigar Company Willi Knopf later owned the brand. laurachavincigars.com

Cigars like Laura Chavin Concours des meilleurs Connaisseurs

  1. La Aurora 1495Closest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
  2. San Pedro EcuadorAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild-medium to mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  3. A. Flores AFR-75 Cosecha Especial 2024 Kopp GermanyAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less pepper and spice, a step milder.
  4. Arturo Fuente Chateau FuenteAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more natural sweetness, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  5. Diamond Crown Julius CaeserOne step furtherWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Laura Chavin Concours des meilleurs Connaisseurs as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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