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Montecristo Linea 1935: flavour profile and cigars like it

Montecristo Linea 1935 is a handmade cigar made in Cuba. Its published strength is full. It has a wrapper grown in Cuba and filler from Cuba. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A.J. Fernandez New World Cameroon and Aganorsa Leaf Maduro.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Montecristo Linea 1935 cigar
Cigar or open box. Photo: cigaraficionado.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Montecristo Linea 1935 taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

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

WrapperVuelta Abajo, Pinar del Río, Cuba
BinderVuelta Abajo, Pinar del Río, Cuba
FillerVuelta Abajo, Pinar del Río, Cuba
StrengthFull as published by habanos.com
BodyNot published
Made inCuba
Made byTabacuba
FactoryH. Upmann, Havana, Cuba; Romeo y Julieta, Havana, Cuba
SizesDumas 5.118×49 · Maltés 6.024×53 · Leyenda 6.496×55

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide. Cuban cigars generally can't be legally imported into the United States.

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 Montecristo Linea 1935

The line. Línea 1935 was announced at the 2017 Habano Festival. Dumas and Maltés were new formats. Leyenda reused the 2015 anniversary size. habanos.com

The brand. Montecristo began in Havana in1935. The maker’s brand history links its name to Dumas’s novel. habanos.com

Cigars like Montecristo Linea 1935

  1. A.J. Fernandez New World CameroonClosest matchCameroon wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  2. Aganorsa Leaf MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  3. Aladino Corojo ReservaAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  4. Alec Bradley Double BroadleafAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.
  5. Ashton SymmetryOne step furtherHabano wrapper · FullAbout the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Montecristo Linea 1935 as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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