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Plasencia Cosecha 149: flavour profile and cigars like it

Plasencia Cosecha 149 is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth and cocoa.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Year of the Pausers and Casa 1910 Tierra Blanca.

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

Plasencia Cosecha 149 cigar
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What does Plasencia Cosecha 149 taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • earth and leather
  • cocoa and coffee

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

WrapperHonduras
BinderHonduras
FillerHonduras
StrengthMedium to full as published by mikescigars.com
BodyFull
Made inHonduras
Made byPlasencia family
FactoryTabacos de Oriente
SizesSanta Fe 4.875×60 · La Vega, currentmaker5x50 · Cortez 5.75×56 · Azacualpa 6×52

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

  • cigarslover.com: 89 points, La Vega,5x52, reviewer specification (2026)In our words: Earth and roasted coffee maintained clear flavours with few transitions. The reviewer described medium-full strength.

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 Plasencia Cosecha 149

The line. Previewed at PCA 2021, Cosecha149highlighted Honduran tobacco from the149th harvest. Cortez joined the line in 2024. cigaraficionado.com

Cigars like Plasencia Cosecha 149

  1. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Year of the PausersClosest matchSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAbout the same strength.
  2. Casa 1910 Tierra BlancaAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · FullA step stronger.
  3. Rocky Patel The Edge MaduroAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  4. C.L.E. CorojoAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more natural sweetness, about the same strength.
  5. Esteban Carreras HellcatOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to medium-fullAbout the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Plasencia Cosecha 149 as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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