Maduro Wrappers

[Cool Breeze]

I smoke maduros 90%+ of the time. They just taste better to me.

Do not buy into the hype that darker wrappers are stronger or heavier in the nicotine department. That has little basis in reality.

My advice would be to find a stick that you already like in a natural and see if it is offered in maduro.

If you're looking for suggestions, the CAO MX2 is a really good smoke IMO with classic maduro flavors and won't break the bank.

I would stay away from the 5 Vegas Gold maduro. Those damn things are fire retardent. The 5 Vegas A is a good smoke though.

[Billb1960]

I smoke maduros 90%+ of the time. They just taste better to me.

Do not buy into the hype that darker wrappers are stronger or heavier in the nicotine department. That has little basis in reality.

My advice would be to find a stick that you already like in a natural and see if it is offered in maduro.

If you're looking for suggestions, the CAO MX2 is a really good smoke IMO with classic maduro flavors and won't break the bank.

I would stay away from the 5 Vegas Gold maduro. Those damn things are fire retardent. The 5 Vegas A is a good smoke though.

5 Vegas AAA is a darn good maduro smoke. It's blended by AJF.

[NeverBend]

Yes. What makes a maduro a maduro is the processing of the wrapper. The flavors are going to vary depending on what type of tobacco it is and what tobaccos are used in the rest of the blend. I think the idea of "maduro flavors" is sort of a misunderstanding of how blending works IMO. You can get the sweet mocha and spice characteristics of a maduro in a natural wrapped cigar. I also think a lot of people associate the taste of broadleaf as "maduro flavors" which isn't fully accurate.
Lol am I making sense here?

Lots of sense.

Making a meaningful definition for maduro wrappers is difficult and so would be identifying the quintessential maduro cigar. Suffice it to say that genuine maduro leaf is processed to be that way and despite the color, that can range from mottled brown to near black (when it's really oscuro), it tends, in an of itself, to be mild although it can add significant body.

...Do not buy into the hype that darker wrappers are stronger or heavier in the nicotine department. That has little basis in reality...
I would stay away from the 5 Vegas Gold maduro. Those damn things are fire retardent. The 5 Vegas A is a good smoke though.

I agree re: 5-Vegas Gold maduro, artificially processed but the A series are much better.

[allusred]

Lots of sense.

Making a meaningful definition for maduro wrappers is difficult and so would be identifying the quintessential maduro cigar. Suffice it to say that genuine maduro leaf is processed to be that way and despite the color, that can range from mottled brown to near black (when it's really oscuro), it tends, in an of itself, to be mild although it can add significant body.



I agree re: 5-Vegas Gold maduro, artificially processed but the A series are much better.

Have steered well clear of any Maduros for a long time.Any that came my way I'd either give away or toss.
All the Maduro cigars I tried over a year or so, tasted, to me like biting into a piece of tinfoil.Gave up totally on all Maduros.
All Mexican tobaccos.
I clearly remember liking the first Maduro cigar I smoked (Motor City...came from Detroit) looked as if it had been marinated in old,well used motor oil.
They were oily and extremely dark,but not painted.Got away from Maduros, then when next tried some, hated them.
Tasted like biting into a piece of tinfoil.
Could not believe how many cigar smokers were so firmly in the Maduro camp as opposed to other wrappers.
Now over the past few months have found some that I've enjoyed smoking.
Haven't found that Metallic taste in any of them.
Still not my favourite wrapper, but at least one more option.
And have enjoyed reading this thread on the subject.

[Zeede]

On a large rg cigar the wrapper may only account for 20% or so of the flavor, so that alone would indicate why sometimes a maduro wrapped cigar doesn't have "typical" maduro flavors.

[Billb1960]

On a large rg cigar the wrapper may only account for 20% or so of the flavor, so that alone would indicate why sometimes a maduro wrapped cigar doesn't have "typical" maduro flavors.

Depending on who you ask wrappers account for somewhere between 5% and 150% of the cigar flavor...

[droy1958]

Depending on who you ask wrappers account for somewhere between 5% and 150% of the cigar flavor...

We need to ask Ice T or Cube and get the word up on rappers errrr wrappers....

[frodo]

Hmmmm... I've seen the remark "don't let friends smoke Maduro" a few times.

I notice I seem to prefer the somewhat milder types and wonder how I'd accept this. I love the "dark chocolate and coffee" flavors in beers, and drink a strong and dark roast coffee black. But I don't seem to care for the more robust(?) cigars.

For me, the quintessential maduro smoke is the Work of Art Maduro by Fuente. Nice and light but lets the flavours (wrapper) speak very well.

I do find that Maduros in my experience lack the complexity that other wrappers have such as the Sumatra (generalization) but I would never refer to them as inferior nor does it stop me from smoking them.

[Merovius]

Took a quick look, some of my favorite maduros:
WOAM, Best Seller Maduro
1926 No. 9 Maduro, Family Reserve 85 Maduro
Anejo "77" Shark, 46
Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro Torp or Robusto
GoF Serie B GT
LG Small Batch No. 4 Oscuro
OpusX ForbiddenX Maduro Toro (strong)
LFD Mysterio Oscuro
LFD DL Chisel Maduro (strong)
Padilla Reserva Maduro Corona
RoMaCraft CroMagnon Mode 5, Neanderthal
Viaje Platino Samurai Maduro
Tatuaje TAA 2014
Illsuione HL Maduro
Drew Estate Undercrown Robusto

And on, and on, and on...There are probably quite a few more that employ a maduro like process...

Some of those are going to be harder to track down than others but that should help get you moving in the right direction.