Cigar atlas · Medium to full
Raíces Liga de Reyes: flavour profile and cigars like it
Raíces Liga de Reyes 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, pepper, cedar and fruit.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Raices Cubanas Liga De Reyes and Oscar Valladares The Oscar Maduro.
What does Raíces Liga de Reyes taste like?
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- cedar and wood
- fruit and floral
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Honduran Trojes |
|---|---|
| Binder | Honduran Jamastrán and Nicaraguan Estelí |
| Filler | Four Honduran leaves from Trojes and Jamastrán |
| Strength | Medium to full as published by cigar-coop.com |
| Body | Medium to medium-full |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Fábrica de Tabacos Raíces Cubanas S. de R.L. |
| Factory | Fábrica de Tabacos Raíces Cubanas S. de R.L., Danlí |
| Sizes | Robusto 5×52 · Belicoso 5.5×52 · Toro 6×54 · Churchill 7×50 · Gordo 6×60 · Salomón 6.5×58 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- William Cooper (cigar-coop.com): 89 points, Toro, 6 x 54 (2025)In our words: The Toro moved from spice and fruit toward wood, earth, and pepper.
- bostonjimmie (stogiepress.com), Robusto, 5 x 52 (2026)In our words: The Robusto showed earth, pepper, cream, cocoa, peanut, and dark chocolate.
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 Raíces Liga de Reyes
The line. Liga de Reyes shipped with the namesake brand in November 2024. A Salomón followed in 2025. cigaraficionado.com
The brand. The factory was established in Danlí in 2003 by Romay, Maria, and Hugo Endemaño. Ralph Montero later partnered with the family for the namesake brand. raicescubanas.com
Cigars like Raíces Liga de Reyes
- Raices Cubanas Liga De ReyesClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more cedar and wood, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- Oscar Valladares The Oscar MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more cocoa and coffee, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- Rocky Patel DBSAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullMore cedar and wood, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
- Cavalier Geneve Tres Delincuentes MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, more cocoa and coffee, less cedar and wood, about the same strength.
- Foyle Classic Natural/CriolloOne step furtherCriollo wrapper · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more cedar and wood, less natural sweetness, a step milder.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Raíces Liga de Reyes as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.