The 5 Best Mellow Cigars You Haven’t Tried

Once upon a time, opting for a mellow smoke meant sacrificing flavor. But we’ve come a long way, baby, and there are plenty of easygoing cigars on the market that are teeming with rich taste. Check out this gang of awesome mellow options you may have missed.

Kristoff Tres Compadres

Slight in strength yet generous in palate-coating pleasure, Kristoff brand owner Glen Case’s tribute to friendship offers a fantastic bouquet of soothing flavors. The Kristoff Tres Compadres conveys tones of sweet cedar, toasted almond, and spices with an intense creamy finish for an especially entertaining and easygoing experience.

Macanudo Vintage 2010

Blended to shine the spotlight on the brand’s exceptional 2010 tobacco harvest, the Macanudo Vintage 2010 spins a dynamite selection of aged tobaccos into a mellow masterpiece. Every bit as tasty as its golden exterior looks, this elegant offering conveys a delicate bouquet of tasting notes with impressions of wood, vanilla bean, soft spices, and more.

New Cuba Superior

Meticulously crafted by the pros at Aganorsa Leaf, New Cuba Superior cigars present an outstanding smooth smoke at a reasonable price point. Adorning their combination of a Shade-Grown Connecticut wrapper around long-fillers from the Aganorsa’s Nicaraguan farms in old-school style, these straight-burning sticks deliver a graceful cascade of cedar, almond, spice, and subtle vanilla tasting notes.

El Rey Del Mundo Shade Grown

A smooth Honduran puro wrapped in mellow Connecticut Shade, the El Rey Del Mundo Shade Grown opens a new door of delicious complexity for the world-famous brand. Silky in delivery of its rounded flavors, El Rey’s Shade Grown lights up to reveal a succession of toasty, nutty, and woody-sweet tasting notes to immerse you in smoky satisfaction.

Alec Bradley Connecticut

A straight-shooting cigar wrapped in an immaculate Connecticut leaf, the Alec Bradley Connecticut is awesomely rounded in laidback lip-smack. It’s exemplary of what a cigar finished with this famous leaf should be – creamy and cool with flavors of cedar, bread, and a delicious subtle sweetness.