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Partagás Línea Maestra Maestro: flavour profile and cigars like it

Partagás Línea Maestra Maestro is a full hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler (Partagás factories: totally handmade, long filler) filler. Published tasting notes mention salty, cedar, leather, earth and spice.

On our flavour map it leans toward earth and leather, with cedar and wood behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Ashton VSG (Virgin Sun Grown) and Montecristo Joyitas.

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What does Partagás Línea Maestra Maestro taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • salty
  • cedar
  • leather
  • earth
  • spice

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

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban (San Luis)
FillerCuban long filler (Partagás factories: totally handmade, long filler)
StrengthFull
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesMaestro (Deleites) 5.25x56

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.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Cigars like Partagás Línea Maestra Maestro

  1. Ashton VSG (Virgin Sun Grown)79% flavour matchSumatra wrapper · FullMore cocoa and coffee, same strength.
  2. Montecristo Joyitas74% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cedar and wood, less pepper and spice, a step milder.
  3. Partagás Mille Fleurs72% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Full · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more pepper and spice, less cedar and wood, same strength.
  4. Diplomáticos No. 271% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cream and nuts, less pepper and spice, a step milder.
  5. Rocky Patel Sun Grown66% flavour matchSumatra wrapper · Medium to fullMore pepper and spice, less earth and leather, a step milder.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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