Name a good cigar that has chocolatey overtones, but is not sweet...

[McDuffie for Congress]

I bought a fistful of cigars last week, and I should be keeping a journal, but I haven't. I encountered one that was not sweet, but it had a definite, yet subtle, chocolatey overtone to it... or maybe it was an undertone. At any rate, I immediately wanted another, it was that good.

I hate sweet cigars. Hate them. I have a friend who keeps offering me some dipped-in-honey tasting .50 cent stick and I keep saying thanks, handing him real cigars and throwing the ones he gave me into the trash.

 

[joshua]

Have you gave the CAO Brazilia Gol! a try? Its not sweet but hit has a chocolate sorta flavor profile.

 

[tedski]

Butera maduro
CAO maduro
Hemingway maduro
Sancho Panza double maduro

See a pattern here ...? :grin:

 

[McDuffie for Congress]

Butera maduro
CAO maduro
Hemingway maduro
Sancho Panza double maduro

See a pattern here ...? :grin:

It must have been the CAO Maduro then, because I grabbed a fistful of CAOs at this store.

 

[aleam_38]

tedski is right, try to stick with the maddies, most of them have that hint you are looking for.

 

[crossbow]

Get a journal and you will see your taste change right before your eyes.

 

[Trumpetchris]

Butera maduro
CAO maduro
Hemingway maduro
Sancho Panza double maduro

See a pattern here ...? :grin:

I'd add 5 Vegas A (maduro) to that list too. I've found some maduros can be sweet, but again, it's a natural sweetness not flavor added.

 

[joshrich]

My palette is not very refined, but my favorite smoke is a Cohiba Black, which I think at least the first third has a nice chocolate hint to it, but isn't sweet at all.

 

[Jwrussell]

Any decent handmade cigar is most likely not going to be sweet. Try the Torano Signature Series (maduro). Should be right up your alley.

 

[Fredo]

I always pick out a sweet chocolate from a RP vintage 92

 

[Len___T]

Any decent handmade cigar is most likely not going to be sweet. Try the Torano Signature Series (maduro). Should be right up your alley.

my thoughts exactly...len

 

[sascha]

la gloria cubana maduro, I like the #4, i prefer it over the Brazilia any day

 

[Saully]

I've been enjoying the Indian Tabac Boxer Maduros, especially since I can't eat chocolate!

 

[joshua]

la gloria cubana maduro, I like the #4, i prefer it over the Brazilia any day

Is that the one with the rock hard wrapper that still has great draw?

 

[coyote_5]

Ashton Aged Maduro is my absolute favorite right now.... just fantastic.:starrylov

 

[danatela]

The one that jumps right off the top of my head is Padron 1000 series in maduro. I'm most familiar with the 2000 mad. I get a lot of cocoa/nuts in the pre-lite aroma and a bit of that during the smoke too.

 

[mealstrom]

Any decent handmade cigar is most likely not going to be sweet.

I wouldn't say that. I think the Ashton Heritage Puro Sol has a nice sweet taste to it. Also, Flor de Jamaica has a definite chocolate undertone to it that I found a nice change of pace. Plus one of my favorite cheap cigars has a very sweet cigar taste: FdO - it falls right before Bacarrat Sumatra.

Naturally sweet:
Ashton Heritage Puro Sol
Flor de Jamaica (chocolatey)
Flor de Oliva
Bacarrat Sumatra

All good cigars.

 

[jwintosh]

HdM governor maduro! mighty tasty, fits the bill to a TTT

 

[mwilson788]

Romeo Y Julieta Viejo

Apparently not a favorite here but one of my faves.

 

[kirscovitch]

agree with Coyote about the Ashton Aged Maduro.

might also might want to try an Onyx Reserve.