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Rock-A-Feller Cigars Gold Series: flavour profile and cigars like it

Rock-A-Feller Cigars Gold Series is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium. It has a Maduro San Andrés wrapper and filler from the United States. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, pepper, cocoa and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are CigarKings Maduro and Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by El Artista.

Rock-A-Feller Cigars Gold Series cigar
Photo: halfwheel.com. Background and framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Rock-A-Feller Cigars Gold Series taste like?

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

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

WrapperSan Andrés
BinderEcuadorian Habano
FillerEstelí, Jalapa, Ometepe, and Pennsylvania Broadleaf
StrengthMedium as published by smokeinn.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byCurrent formal owner not disclosed.; American Caribbean Cigars; Juan José Hernandez Valdez
FactoryAmerican Caribbean Cigars, Estelí, Nicaragua
SizesBox Press Toro 6×52

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

What reviewers say

  • Brooks Whittington (es.halfwheel.com), Box-pressed Toro 6 x 52 (2017)In our words: Three samples showed cashew, oak, cocoa, coffee, cinnamon, and maple sweetness. Construction was praised.

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 Rock-A-Feller Cigars Gold Series

The line. Soft launches occurred in May and June 2017. A formal IPCPR debut followed. es.halfwheel.com

The brand. A 2017 report says Vintage Rockefeller Cigar Group began around 2010. Jeffrey Avo Uvezian sold it to Kevin Schweitzer in January 2017. The 2017 report separates older Dominican production at Tabacalera L&V from Nicaraguan lines at American Caribbean Tobacco. stogiepress.com

Cigars like Rock-A-Feller Cigars Gold Series

  1. CigarKings MaduroClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, a step stronger.
  2. Gurkha Year of the Dragon 2024 by El ArtistaAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Mild to mediumA step milder.
  3. All Saints DedicacionAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more earth and leather, about the same strength.
  4. Curivari CiclopeAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · MediumSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
  5. Samaná 1756 SeriesOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MediumAbout the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Rock-A-Feller Cigars Gold Series as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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