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Por Larrañaga Montecarlos: flavour profile and cigars like it

Por Larrañaga Montecarlos is a mild to medium hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler. Published tasting notes mention honey, vanilla, cedar, nutmeg and creamy coffee.

On our flavour map it leans toward caramel sweetness, with cream and nuts behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Cuesta-Rey Centro Fino Sungrown and Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Río Seco.

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What does Por Larrañaga Montecarlos taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • honey
  • vanilla
  • cedar
  • nutmeg
  • creamy coffee

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

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban
FillerCuban long filler
StrengthMild to medium
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesDelicioso 6.25x33

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 Poland and the United Kingdom.

Cigars like Por Larrañaga Montecarlos

  1. Cuesta-Rey Centro Fino Sungrown87% flavour matchSumatra wrapper · MediumMore cedar and wood, a step stronger.
  2. Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Río Seco82% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more fruit and flowers, less cocoa and coffee, a step milder.
  3. H. Upmann Half Corona79% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more fruit and flowers, less cocoa and coffee, same strength.
  4. My Father Connecticut76% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumMore earth and leather, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  5. Arturo Fuente Hemingway73% flavour matchCameroon wrapper · MediumMore pepper and spice, less cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.

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

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