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Ave Maria (Core line) Lionheart

AVE MARIA
(Core line) Lionheart
ROBUSTO GORDO
87

Cigarbench score

87 / 100

15 reviews on record.

Reviews

15

on record

Price

$4.26

Average, per stick.
An unsourced average, not a live quote.

average

Elevation · actual size
5.5″55 RG

5.5″ × 55 robusto gordo · Ecuador, Habano wrapper · Nicaragua binder · Honduras, Nicaragua filler · medium-full strength

I · The blend

WrapperEcuador, Habano
BinderNicaragua
FillerHonduras, Nicaragua
OriginNicaragua
ColourColorado
StrengthMedium-Full

II · Cheaper than this

Matched on size, shape, strength and a trustworthy score. Not a taste claim. Only cigars with 20 or more reviews are listed.

El Rey del Mundo Robusto (Oscuro)5″ × 54 · Connecticut Broadleaf · medium-full · 22 reviews5″ × 54 · Honduras · medium-full$3.6015% less · 90Ramon Bueso Genesis The Project Toro6″ × 50 · Connecticut Broadleaf · medium-full · 22 reviews6″ × 50 · Honduras · medium-full$3.918% less · 895 Vegas Series A Artisan5″ × 52 · Costa Rica · medium-full · 22 reviews5″ × 52 · Nicaragua · medium-full$2.0053% less · 89A.J. Fernandez La Gran Llave Maduro Robusto5″ × 54 · Mexico · medium-full · 27 reviews5″ × 54 · Nicaragua · medium-full$3.7013% less · 885 Vegas Series A Archetype6″ × 50 · Costa Rica · medium-full · 26 reviews6″ × 50 · Nicaragua · medium-full$1.1573% less · 88

III · What people taste

Counted words in the 15 reviews we hold. Never a quote, never our opinion.

spicenamed in 7 of 15 reviews47%
smoothnamed in 5 of 15 reviews33%
sweetnamed in 5 of 15 reviews33%
leathernamed in 4 of 15 reviews27%
cedarnamed in 3 of 15 reviews20%
chocolatenamed in 3 of 15 reviews20%
coffeenamed in 3 of 15 reviews20%
creamnamed in 3 of 15 reviews20%

IV · The rest of the Ave Maria house

(Core line) Barbarossa7″ × 48 · Ecuador · Habano · medium-full$4.40Reconquista Torpedo7″ × 54 · Brazil · Habano · medium-full$8.20(Core line) Clermont5.5″ × 45 · Ecuador · Habano · medium-full(Core line) Knights Templar6″ × 48 · Ecuador · Habano · medium-full$5.00(Core line) Crusader5″ × 52 · Ecuador · Habano · medium-full$3.23

The score blends 15 reviews from every source we hold, shrunk toward the mean so a cigar with three reviews cannot outrank one with three hundred. How the score is built
Price is one retailer's per-stick quote, not an average, and it is not live.
We do not judge plume or mould from a photo, and we do not tell you when a cigar is ready. Read r/cigars' pinned guide for that.