Maduro Wrappers

[DogRockets]

Maduro is my absolute favorite wrapper. Some of my favorite maduros in the so called "budget" price range are Nica Libre and Bahia Red/Maduro. CI carries them both. Usually $2-3 per stick depending on if they're running a deal or not.

[rodwha]

Looking at what CI carries in their singles I found they do have a Nica Libre Toro for $4.25. I think I'll run with that one as you think well of it. Thanks @ DogRockets!

[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.

[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....

[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.