Connecticut shade wrapper · Medium
Luis Martinez Silver Selection: flavour profile and cigars like it
Luis Martinez Silver Selection is a medium hand-made cigar. It has a Ecuadorian sun-grown (Ecuadorian Connecticut on the Tres Petit Corona) wrapper over Nicaraguan and Honduran filler. Published tasting notes mention cedar, spice, earth, toasted nuts and cocoa.
On our flavour map it leans toward cedar and wood, with earth and leather behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Davidoff Escurio and Diamond Crown Maximus.
What does Luis Martinez Silver Selection taste like?
- cedar
- spice
- earth
- toasted nuts
- cocoa
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian sun-grown (Ecuadorian Connecticut on the Tres Petit Corona) |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaraguan (one retailer says Honduran) |
| Filler | Nicaraguan and Honduran |
| Strength | Medium |
| Made by | Luis Martinez (Nicaragua; brand describes itself as one of Central America's oldest cigar makers, since 1876) |
| Sizes | Hamilton Robusto 4.875x49 · Crystal Churchill 7.125x47 · Ashcroft Corona 5.5x42 |
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 Estonia and Poland.
Cigars like Luis Martinez Silver Selection
- Davidoff Escurio75% flavour matchHabano wrapper · MediumMore cocoa and coffee, less cedar and wood, same strength.
- Diamond Crown Maximus74% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullMore cocoa and coffee, less cedar and wood, a step stronger.
- Montecristo Open Junior73% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium · CubanMore earth and leather, less cocoa and coffee, same strength.
- Curivari Buenaventura71% flavour matchCorojo wrapper · MediumMore cream and nuts, less cedar and wood, same strength.
- Vegueros Mañanitas71% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanLess cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.