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Rough Rider Sweets Connecticut: flavour profile and cigars like it

Rough Rider Sweets Connecticut is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a Claro Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from the Dominican Republic. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Ashton Cabinet Selection and La Aurora Cazadores Claro.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Rough Rider Sweets Connecticut cigar
Cigar or packaging. Size not confirmed. Photo: neptunecigar.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Rough Rider Sweets Connecticut taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

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

WrapperEcuadorian Connecticut Shade; Ecuador; Claro
BinderDominican Piloto Cubano (Cuban-seed)
FillerDominican Criollo 98 and Piloto Cubano
StrengthMild to medium as published by cigarsinternational.com
BodyMedium
Made inDominican Republic
Made byIndianHead Cigars; Jochy Blanco oversight is retailer-reported
FactoryTabacalera Palma, Dominican Republic
SizesChurchill 7×50

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

What reviewers say

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 Rough Rider Sweets Connecticut

The line. The Connecticut line received new packaging and shipped in 2016. cigar-coop.com

The brand. Bill Bock released Rough Rider Sweets in 2001. IndianHead changed hands in 2015. Cigar Coop reports Blanco acquired IndianHead in 2015. It reports Tabacalera Palma acquired Rough Rider ownership. famous-smoke.com

Cigars like Rough Rider Sweets Connecticut

  1. Ashton Cabinet SelectionClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  2. La Aurora Cazadores ClaroAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  3. Santa Damiana ClassicAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  4. León Jimenes Imperiales ClassicAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
  5. Griffin's ClassicOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.

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

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