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Quesada Suspiro Oscuro: flavour profile and cigars like it

Quesada Suspiro Oscuro is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a Oscuro Cameroon wrapper grown in Ecuador and Cameroon and filler from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, earth, pepper and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva and Gurkha Ghost Gold.

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

Quesada Suspiro Oscuro cigar
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What does Quesada Suspiro Oscuro taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • earth and leather
  • pepper and spice
  • natural sweetness

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

WrapperEcuador-grown Cameroon-seed Oscuro
BinderDominican
FillerDominican and Nicaraguan
StrengthMedium as published by sagcigars.com
BodyMedium
Made inDominican Republic
Made byQuesada Cigars
FactoryTabacos de Exportacion, Licey, Dominican Republic
SizesRobusto 5×50 · Toro 6×52

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

What reviewers say

  • cigarsmokerclub.com, Robusto, 5 x 50 (2026)In our words: The review found sweetness first, then wood, nuts, toasted bread, earth, and pepper.

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 Quesada Suspiro Oscuro

The line. Suspiro was announced for PCA 2026. Oscuro uses Cameroon-seed wrapper tobacco grown in Ecuador. cigaraficionado.com

The brand. The Quesada family opened MATASA in Santiago during June 1974. Operations moved to Licey al Medio in 2012. SAG Imports is the U.S. commercial platform for Quesada Cigars and Joya de Nicaragua. It is not the Suspiro factory. premiumcigars.org

Cigars like Quesada Suspiro Oscuro

  1. Casa Cuevas Sangre NuevaClosest matchCameroon wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Cameroon wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
  2. Gurkha Ghost GoldAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.
  3. Arturo Fuente Opus X Angel's ShareAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less cream and nuts, about the same strength.
  4. Brun del Ré GoldAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumLess natural sweetness, about the same strength.
  5. El Mago SolsticeOne step furtherSumatra wrapper · MediumLess earth and leather, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Quesada Suspiro Oscuro as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain or flavoured, one cigar per brand.

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