San Andrés wrapper · Medium
Rough Rider Sweets Maduro: flavour profile and cigars like it
Rough Rider Sweets Maduro is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium. It has a Maduro San Andrés wrapper grown in Mexico and filler from the Dominican Republic. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth, pepper and sweetness.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Caldwell The King Is Dead and Arturo Fuente Opus X Angel's Share.
What does Rough Rider Sweets Maduro taste like?
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- natural sweetness
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Mexican San Andrés Maduro; Mexico; Maduro |
|---|---|
| Binder | Mexican San Andrés |
| Filler | Dominican Piloto Cubano and Criollo 98 |
| Strength | Medium as published by cigarsinternational.com |
| Body | Mellow to medium |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | IndianHead Cigars; current owner relationship is reported in the brand master |
| Factory | Tabacalera Palma, Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| Sizes | Robusto 5×50 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Gary Korb (famous-smoke.com), Churchill, 7 x 50In our words: The reviewer found a mellow smoke with sweet-cap influence, earth, leather, and baking spices.
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 Maduro
The line. Four Maduro vitolas were added in 2020. famous-smoke.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 Maduro
- Caldwell The King Is DeadClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
- Arturo Fuente Opus X Angel's ShareAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
- Alec Bradley GatekeeperAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumMore cream and nuts, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- El Artista Pulita 60 AniversarioAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cocoa and coffee, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- Casa Carrillo Essence MaduroOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · MediumSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, less pepper and spice, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Rough Rider Sweets Maduro as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain or flavoured, one cigar per brand.