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Micallef Herencia Maduro: flavour profile and cigars like it

Micallef Herencia Maduro is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a Maduro wrapper grown in Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua and Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, earth and fruit.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Camacho Connecticut Box Press and Diamond Crown Maduro.

Micallef Herencia Maduro cigar
Cigar or open box. Photo: cigaraficionado.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Micallef Herencia Maduro taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • earth and leather
  • fruit and floral

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

WrapperNicaraguan Maduro
BinderEcuadorian Sumatra
FillerNicaraguan and Honduran
StrengthMedium to medium-full as published by micallefcigars.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byMicallef Cigars, LLC; Micallef Cigars
FactoryGómez Sánchez Family 1934 cigar factory, Estelí, Nicaragua
SizesLondres 5×40 · Toro 6×52 · Box-Pressed Torpedo 5.5×52

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

What reviewers say

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 Micallef Herencia Maduro

The line. Herencia was listed among Micallef’s 2017 launch-era blends. Maduro and Habano use different wrappers. prnewswire.com

The brand. Micallef Cigars launched in 2017. Al Micallef partnered with the Gómez-Sánchez cigar-making family. Micallef is the brand owner. Gómez-Sánchez handles blending and factory production in Estelí. prnewswire.com

Cigars like Micallef Herencia Maduro

  1. Camacho Connecticut Box PressClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
  2. Diamond Crown MaduroAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.
  3. Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario CorojoAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  4. Horacio PasiónAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  5. San Lotano OvalOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, less cream and nuts, about the same strength.

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

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