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Quai d'Orsay No. 54: flavour profile and cigars like it

Quai d'Orsay No. 54 is a mild hand-made cigar. It has a Cuban leaf wrapper over Cuban long filler. Published tasting notes mention peanut, coconut, brown sugar, salted caramel and vanilla.

On our flavour map it leans toward cream and nuts, with caramel sweetness behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Ashton Cabinet Selection and Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2.

What does Quai d'Orsay No. 54 taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • peanut
  • coconut
  • brown sugar
  • salted caramel
  • vanilla

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

WrapperCuban leaf
BinderCuban
FillerCuban long filler
StrengthMild
Made byHabanos S.A. (Cuba)
SizesNo. 54 (Edmundo Grueso) 5.375x54

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

Smokers like: very mild and creamy, light nutty, herbal flavor and good burn.

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.

Cigars like Quai d'Orsay No. 54

  1. Ashton Cabinet Selection80% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumMore cream and nuts, less earth and leather, a step stronger.
  2. Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 279% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cedar and wood, less earth and leather, same strength.
  3. Griffin's Classic75% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · Mild to mediumMore cedar and wood, less earth and leather, a step stronger.
  4. Macanudo Café70% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · MildMore cedar and wood, less caramel sweetness, same strength.
  5. Por Larrañaga Montecarlos69% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Mild to medium · CubanSame Cuban wrapper style, Cuban filler too, more cedar and wood, less cream and nuts, a step stronger.

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

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