Rough Rider Sweets Maduro
Rough Rider Sweets is the house brand of Indian Head Cigars, owned and operated by Jose "Jochy" Blanco, the master blender behind Aging Room, La Galera, and Matilde, all rolled at his Tabacalera Palma factory in the Cibao Valley of the Dominican Republic. The Maduro line, added in 2020, takes the same Dominican long-filler core used in the original Sweets and wraps it in an oily, stalk-cut Mexican San Andrés Maduro for both wrapper and binder, producing a decidedly darker sibling to the Connecticut version. Only the cap is sweetened, leaving the rest of the cigar to deliver natural tobacco flavors: dark chocolate, baking spice, earthiness, and cream, carried through a smooth, medium-bodied burn. An honest, affordable smoke with no pretension.
Cook time
1 hour
Total time
1 hour
Serves
★★★☆☆
Equipment
Dominican Republic
Ingredients
- Wrapper: Mexico (San Andrés Maduro)
- Binder: Mexico (San Andrés)
- Filler: Dominican Republic (Piloto Cubano, Criollo '98)