Connecticut wrapper · Medium
Sancho Panza Original: flavour profile and cigars like it
Sancho Panza Original is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Brazil. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Alec Bradley Kintsugi and Camacho Connecticut Box Press.
What does Sancho Panza Original 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?
| Wrapper | Honduran Connecticut Shade |
|---|---|
| Binder | Mexican San Andrés |
| Filler | Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Brazil |
| Strength | Medium as published by neptunecigar.com |
| Body | Medium |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | General Cigar / STG; Matt Booth and Justin Andrews developed the reworked blend. |
| Factory | HATSA, Honduras. |
| Sizes | Robusto 5.5×50 · Toro 6.5×52 · Gigante 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- bostonjimmie (stogiepress.com), Robusto, 5.5 x 50 (2022)In our words: Three Robustos had a mild wave and became hot near the finish.
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 Original
The line. General Cigar reworked and relaunched this line in July 2022. blindmanspuff.com
The brand. General Cigar reworked the non-Cuban line with Matt Booth in 2022. The current maker site lists The Original among four lines. General Cigar announced the 2022 rebrand. HATSA made the reviewed Original Robusto. Matt Booth and Justin Andrews collaborated on the blend. sanchopanzacigars.com
Cigars like Sancho Panza Original
- Alec Bradley KintsugiClosest matchWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Camacho Connecticut Box PressAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Macanudo Inspirado OrangeAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Meerapfel MaestranzaAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, about the same strength.
- Foyle ConnecticutOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Honduras, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Sancho Panza Original as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.