EP Carrillo Essence Maduro Robusto 5" * 50

Delicious notes of sweetness, coffee, dark chocolate, and black pepper work in concert to provide a dark, satisfying smoking experience. A mouthwatering Mexican San Andres wrapper cloaks a Honduran binder and a Nicaraguan filler.  This carefully arranged three-nation blend gives the EP Carrillo Maduro cigar its refined and robust smoking profile. The cigars are handmade in the Dominican Republic. 

• Brands
  EP Carrillo Essence Maduro

  The EP Carrillo Essence Maduro is the second release in the Essence series, which is dedicated to focus on the cigar’s wrapper. The Essence Maduro sports a savory Mexican San Andres wrapper placed over a Honduran binder and Nicaraguan filler. This three-nation blend delivers a rich dark smoking experience with a bold, balanced flavor profile. The cigars are handmade at the Casa Carrillo cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. As part of the series, E.P. Carrillo Cigars will include educational materials to help cigar aficionados understand the role the wrapper plays in determining a cigar’s flavor profile and overall smoking experience.
• Cigar Shape
  Robusto

  The Robusto is a short Churchill size, traditionally 5 to 5.5 inches by a 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  5"

  This cigar is 5 inches long, or 127 mm.
• Origin
  Dominican Republic

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  50

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 50, so his diameter is 50/64 inches or 19.81 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging
  None
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  Casa Carrillo

  Casa Carrillo is considered one of the highest rated cigar manufacturers in the world. Based in the Dominican Republic, it is owned by master cigar crafter Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. Besides creating Carrillo’s portfolio of brands that includes the EP Carrillo Inch, EP Carrillo Encore, and the EP Carrillo Pledge, Casa Carrillo produces cigars for such brands as the Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper and Crowned Heads Four Kicks among others.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Mexican San Andres Maduro

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. San Andres Maduro is a thick, medium bodied dark leaf, also called San Andres Morron. Like Connecticut Broadleaf, San Andres Maduro is stalk cut and used for binder and wrapper.
• Cigar Binder
  Honduras

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar and bind the filler tobaccos together. Honduran tobacco is known for being full-bodied. Cigars produced in Honduras are regarded for their consistency and quality. Using Honduran tobacco as a binder will add to the cigar’s overall strength and flavor profile.
• Cigar Filler
  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.