Cigar atlas · Medium
Vegas de Santiago D8: flavour profile and cigars like it
Vegas de Santiago D8 is a medium hand-made cigar. It has a H2000 leaf, grown in Ecuador wrapper over Costa Rican, Dominican and Peruvian filler. Published tasting notes mention cream, coffee, leather, nuts, cedar and pepper.
On our flavour map it leans toward cream and nuts, with cedar and wood behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are Davidoff Winston Churchill and Aganorsa Leaf Signature Selection.
What does Vegas de Santiago D8 taste like?
- cream
- coffee
- leather
- nuts
- cedar
- pepper
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | H2000 leaf, grown in Ecuador |
|---|---|
| Binder | Ecuadorian |
| Filler | Costa Rican, Dominican and Peruvian |
| Strength | Medium |
| Made by | Vegas de Santiago, small manufactory in Costa Rica (per Noblego) |
| Sizes | Short Corona 4x46 · Petit Robusto 4x50 · Robusto 5x50 · Wide Churchill 5.5x56 · Emperador 6x60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What smokers and critics say
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Cigars like Vegas de Santiago D8
- Davidoff Winston Churchill80% flavour matchHabano wrapper · MediumLess pepper and spice, same strength.
- Aganorsa Leaf Signature Selection77% flavour matchCorojo wrapper · MediumLess fruit and flowers, same strength.
- Curivari Buenaventura75% flavour matchCorojo wrapper · MediumMore pepper and spice, less fruit and flowers, same strength.
- Zino Nicaragua73% flavour matchConnecticut shade wrapper · MediumMore cream and nuts, less cocoa and coffee, same strength.
- VegaFina 199873% flavour matchEcuadorian · MediumMore cocoa and coffee, less pepper and spice, same strength.
Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.