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Silencio Riviera: flavour profile and cigars like it

Silencio Riviera is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium to full. It has a San Andrés wrapper grown in Mexico and filler from Nicaragua and Honduras. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar, earth, pepper and cocoa.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are La Gloria Cubana Esteli and Curivari Buenaventura Maduro.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Silencio Riviera cigar
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What does Silencio Riviera taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • earth and leather
  • pepper and spice
  • cocoa and coffee

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

WrapperMexican San Andrés
BinderHonduran Connecticut
FillerNicaraguan Condega; Honduran Jamastran; Honduran La Entrada; Nicaraguan Estelí
StrengthMedium to full as published by cgarsltd.co.uk
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byGeneral Cigar Company
FactorySTG Estelí
SizesRobusto Box-Pressed 5×52 · Lancero Box-Pressed 7×38

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

What reviewers say

  • cigaraficionado.com: 92 points, Cohiba Riviera Robusto, 5 x 52, market-equivalent (2025)In our words: This score applies only to the Cohiba Riviera Robusto counterpart.
  • cigarsmokerclub.com, Silencio Riviera Robusto, 5 x 52 (2026)In our words: The reviewer found coffee, cocoa, earth, nuts, wood, and pepper.

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 Silencio Riviera

The line. The Cohiba market equivalent shipped in May 2023. German Silencio retail evidence places Riviera in early 2026. cigarworld.com

The brand. STG lists Silencio among its handmade-cigar brands. st-group.com

Cigars like Silencio Riviera

  1. La Gloria Cubana EsteliClosest matchWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Curivari Buenaventura MaduroAlso fitsSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more natural sweetness, less cream and nuts, about the same strength.
  3. Bossner Black EditionAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
  4. Black Works Studio NBKAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  5. Rocky Patel DBSOne step furtherSan Andrés wrapper · Medium to fullSame San Andrés wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more fruit and floral, less cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Silencio Riviera as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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