Sumatra wrapper · Medium to full
Sancho Panza Double Maduro: flavour profile and cigars like it
Sancho Panza Double Maduro is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a Sumatra wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth, pepper, cocoa, sweetness, fruit and herbs.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Foundation Cigars Aksum formerly Metapa Claro and Oscar Valladares Heaven and Hell Oscuro.
What does Sancho Panza Double Maduro taste like?
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- cocoa and coffee
- natural sweetness
- fruit and floral
- hay and herbs
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian Sumatra |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaraguan Estelí |
| Filler | Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco |
| Strength | Medium to full as published by blindmanspuff.com |
| Body | Medium |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | General Cigar Company; Scandinavian Tobacco Group, U.S. trademark context; Matt Booth and Justin Andrews |
| Factory | Honduran American Tobacco S.A. (HATSA), Danlí |
| Sizes | Robusto 5×50 · Toro 6×52 · Gigante 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Blind Man's Puff panel (blindmanspuff.com): 90 points, Robusto, 5 × 50 (2023)In our words: The four-person blind panel reported medium body and medium-strong strength.
- William Cooper (cigar-coop.com): 87 points, Robusto, 5 × 50 (2023)In our words: The review reports earth, mocha, dried fruit, pepper, and herbal notes.
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 Sancho Panza Double Maduro
The line. STG remade the brand and released the rebuilt Double Maduro in July 2022. blindmanspuff.com
The brand. The Cuban Sancho Panza brand was first registered in 1848. This is distinct from the current non-Cuban U.S. line. General Cigar operates the current official site. Cigar Coop reports STG acquired the U.S. trademark with Villazon. habanos.com
Cigars like Sancho Panza Double Maduro
- Foundation Cigars Aksum formerly Metapa ClaroClosest matchSumatra wrapper · Medium to fullSame Sumatra wrapper family, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
- Oscar Valladares Heaven and Hell OscuroAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
- Cavalier Geneve Tres Delincuentes MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Honduras, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
- Horacio ClassicAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullLess hay and herbs, about the same strength.
- Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich 58One step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · Medium-full to fullLess natural sweetness, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Sancho Panza Double Maduro as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.