Habano wrapper · Medium to medium-full
Nestor Miranda Special Selection: flavour profile and cigars like it
Nestor Miranda Special Selection is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to medium-full. It has a Rosado Habano wrapper grown in Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth, pepper and cocoa.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Solita and Padron Black PB-97 Natural.
What does Nestor Miranda Special Selection taste like?
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- cocoa and coffee
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Nicaraguan Habano Rosado |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaraguan Criollo '98 |
| Filler | Nicaraguan Condega, Estelí, and Jalapa |
| Strength | Medium to medium-full as published by cigar-coop.com |
| Body | Medium |
| Made in | Nicaragua |
| Made by | Miami Cigar & Company |
| Blender | Don Pepin Garcia; Nestor Miranda |
| Factory | My Father Cigars, Estelí, Nicaragua |
| Sizes | Coffee Break 4.5×50 · Toro 5.5×54 · Gran Toro 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- cigar-coop.com: 90 points, Toro, 5.5 x 54 (2019)In our words: The reviewer found coffee and pepper prominent. Draw was excellent.
- blindmanspuff.com: 89 points, Toro, 5.5 x 54 (2020)In our words: The blind panel reported a strong-earth profile and reliable burn.
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 Nestor Miranda Special Selection
The line. The 2006 line was retired in 2014. Rosado returned in 2019. cigar-coop.com
The brand. Nestor Miranda joined Miami Cigar full-time during 1995. Miami Cigar released Special Selection in his honor during 2006. miamicigarold.gmgadvertising.com
Cigars like Nestor Miranda Special Selection
- Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa SolitaClosest matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Padron Black PB-97 NaturalAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Padrón Thousand Series MaduroAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed MaduroAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
- La Palina 125 AñosOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to medium-fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Nestor Miranda Special Selection as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.