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Partagás Petit Coronas Especiales: flavour profile and cigars like it

Partagás Petit Coronas Especiales is a full hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler (Vuelta Abajo) filler. Published tasting notes mention cedar, espresso, black pepper, leather, dark chocolate and nutmeg.

On our flavour map it leans toward cocoa and coffee, with earth and leather behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua (non-Cuban) and Diamond Crown Maximus.

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What does Partagás Petit Coronas Especiales taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • cedar
  • espresso
  • black pepper
  • leather
  • dark chocolate
  • nutmeg

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

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban
FillerCuban long filler (Vuelta Abajo)
StrengthFull
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesPetit Coronas Especiales (Eminentes) 5.125x42

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 smokers and critics say

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

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

Cigars like Partagás Petit Coronas Especiales

  1. Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua (non-Cuban)86% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullMore pepper and spice, a step milder.
  2. Diamond Crown Maximus79% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullLess caramel sweetness, a step milder.
  3. León Jimenes Guillermo León77% flavour matchHabano wrapper · FullMore pepper and spice, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  4. Rocky Patel A.L.R. (Aged, Limited & Rare), Second Edition76% flavour matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullMore cream and nuts, less cocoa and coffee, a step milder.
  5. Padrón Family Reserve75% flavour matchMaduro wrapper · FullMore cedar and wood, less caramel sweetness, same strength.

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

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