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Nicarao Exclusivo: flavour profile and cigars like it

Nicarao Exclusivo is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. It has a Maduro Habano wrapper and filler from Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are CigarKings Maduro and Crux Bull & Bear.

Nicarao Exclusivo cigar
Photo: lescigares.com. Background and framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Nicarao Exclusivo 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?

WrapperNatural maduro Habano, low-fermented about 20 months and aged at least two years
BinderNicaraguan
FillerNicaraguan
StrengthNo published rating
BodyMedium to full body
Made inNicaragua
Made byNicarao Cigars brand; Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez manufactures it.
BlenderDidier Houvenaghel
FactoryTabacalera A.J. Fernandez, Estelí
SizesRomeo 5×54 · Robusto 5.5×58 · Don Rafa 7×54 · Rodolfo 7×54 · Salomon 7.125×58 · Diadema 9.2×55

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 Nicarao Exclusivo

The line. The maker lists Exclusivo as one of Nicarao's three lines. nicaraocigars.com

The brand. Nicarao names three core lines: Clásico, Especial, and Exclusivo. nicaraocigars.com

Cigars like Nicarao Exclusivo

  1. CigarKings MaduroClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua.
  2. Crux Bull & BearAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua.
  3. Inch by E.P. Carrillo NicaraguaAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua.
  4. Lunatic JFR ClassicAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua.
  5. Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Maduro (Exclusivo)One step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua.

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

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