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Which Wrapper Do You Normally Prefer?
Over 100 wrapper shades are identified by manufacturers, but the seven most common classifications are as follows, from lightest to darkest.
Double Claro - Very light, slightly greenish (also called Candela, American Market Selection or jade); achieved by picking leaves before maturity and drying quickly, the color coming from retained green chlorophyll ; formerly popular, now rare.
Claro - Very light tan or yellowish. Indicative of shade-grown tobacco.
Natural or Colorado Claro - Medium brown, includes Natural and English Market Selection
Corojo or Colorado - Distinctive reddish-brown (also called Rosado)
Camaroon or Colorado Maduro - Darker brown; often associated with African wrapper from Camaroon, and Honduran or Nicaraguan grown wrapper from Cuban seed.
Maduro - Very dark brown or black; primarily grown in Connecticut, Mexico, Nicaragua and Brazil.
Oscuro - Very black, (also called Double Maduro), often oily in appearance; has become more popular in the 2000s; mainly grown in Cuba, Nicaragua, Brazil, Mexico, and Connecticut, USA.
Other - Please Explain
The wrapper determines much of the cigar's character and flavor, and as such its color is often used to describe the cigar as a whole. In general, dark wrappers add a touch of sweetness, while light ones add a hint of dryness to the taste. It is commonly accepted that the wrapper contributes about 40 percent of the flavor, while the filler and binder contributes the other 60 percent. It is generally accepted that maduro cigars are stronger in flavor than the same cigar in a lighter wrapper, but this does not apply to all cigars.
Over 100 wrapper shades are identified by manufacturers, but the seven most common classifications are as follows, from lightest to darkest.
Double Claro - Very light, slightly greenish (also called Candela, American Market Selection or jade); achieved by picking leaves before maturity and drying quickly, the color coming from retained green chlorophyll ; formerly popular, now rare.
Claro - Very light tan or yellowish. Indicative of shade-grown tobacco.
Natural or Colorado Claro - Medium brown, includes Natural and English Market Selection
Corojo or Colorado - Distinctive reddish-brown (also called Rosado)
Camaroon or Colorado Maduro - Darker brown; often associated with African wrapper from Camaroon, and Honduran or Nicaraguan grown wrapper from Cuban seed.
Maduro - Very dark brown or black; primarily grown in Connecticut, Mexico, Nicaragua and Brazil.
Oscuro - Very black, (also called Double Maduro), often oily in appearance; has become more popular in the 2000s; mainly grown in Cuba, Nicaragua, Brazil, Mexico, and Connecticut, USA.
Other - Please Explain
The wrapper determines much of the cigar's character and flavor, and as such its color is often used to describe the cigar as a whole. In general, dark wrappers add a touch of sweetness, while light ones add a hint of dryness to the taste. It is commonly accepted that the wrapper contributes about 40 percent of the flavor, while the filler and binder contributes the other 60 percent. It is generally accepted that maduro cigars are stronger in flavor than the same cigar in a lighter wrapper, but this does not apply to all cigars.
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