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San Cristobal Revelation: flavour profile and cigars like it

San Cristobal Revelation is a medium hand-made cigar. It has a Ecuadorian Sumatra (viso priming, chocolate-brown) wrapper over Nicaraguan filler. Published tasting notes mention smoky earth, fruity earth and dry cocoa.

On our flavour map it leans toward earth and leather, with cocoa and coffee behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Cohiba Siglo II and Don Tomás Clásico.

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What does San Cristobal Revelation taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • smoky earth
  • fruity earth
  • dry cocoa

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

WrapperEcuadorian Sumatra (viso priming, chocolate-brown)
BinderNicaraguan
FillerNicaraguan
StrengthMedium
Made byAshton Cigars (San Cristobal), rolled at My Father Cigars, Estelí, Nicaragua
SizesMystic 5.625x48 · Prophet 5.25x54 · Legend 6.25x52 · Odyssey 5.75x60 · Leviathan 6.5x64 · Triumph 7x50

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

What smokers and critics say

Smokers like: creamy, smooth, medium body, even burn, easy draw and cedar and cocoa notes.

Some say: pricey for some.

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in the United States.

Cigars like San Cristobal Revelation

  1. Cohiba Siglo II76% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium · CubanMore cream and nuts, less fruit and flowers, same strength.
  2. Don Tomás Clásico71% flavour matchHabano wrapper · MediumMore cedar and wood, less fruit and flowers, same strength.
  3. Romeo y Julieta Petit Churchills69% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium · CubanMore pepper and spice, less cocoa and coffee, same strength.
  4. Diplomáticos No. 268% flavour matchCuban wrapper · Medium to full · CubanMore cedar and wood, less cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
  5. Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial67% flavour matchBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullNicaraguan filler too, more caramel sweetness, less fruit and flowers, a step stronger.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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