Connecticut wrapper · Mild
Samaná Classic Line: flavour profile and cigars like it
Samaná Classic Line is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is mild. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in the United States and filler from the Dominican Republic and Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, sweetness and herbs.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are La Galera Connecticut and Camacho Connecticut.
What does Samaná Classic Line taste like?
- cream and nuts
- natural sweetness
- hay and herbs
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Connecticut Shade, United States |
|---|---|
| Binder | Dominican Olor |
| Filler | Dominican Piloto, Ligero, and Seco with Honduran tobacco |
| Strength | Mild as published by cigarmaxx.de |
| Body | Mild |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | Tabacalera Don Esteban |
| Factory | Tabacalera Don Esteban, Santiago de los Caballeros |
| Sizes | Delgado 5×30 · Primero 4×36 · Petit Robusto 4.25×50 · Petit Corona 4×42 · Corona 6×42 · Robusto 5×50 · Churchill 7.5×50 · Torpedo 6.5×52 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Cigar Journal blind-tasting panel (cigarworld.de): 88 points, Robusto Tubos, 5 × 50 (2016)In our words: The listed panel note describes mild, creamy smoke with sweetness and grass.
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 Samaná Classic Line
The line. The Classic Line has been available in major European cigar markets since the late 1990s. house-of-smoke.net
The brand. Samaná began in 1997 under a Swiss cigar retailer. Tabacalera Don Esteban in Santiago makes Samaná cigars. Don Stefano is identified as the European importer. cigarmaxx.de
Cigars like Samaná Classic Line
- La Galera ConnecticutClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mild-mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
- Camacho ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more cedar and wood, a step stronger.
- La Palina Fuego VerdeAlso fitsCandela wrapper · Mild to mild-mediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, more cedar and wood, less cream and nuts, about the same strength.
- Casa Blanca Original Natural / Connecticut ShadeAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MildSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- Ibis DominicanOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MildSame 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 Samaná Classic Line as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.