San Cristóbal de La Habana La Punta Tasting Summary
The San Cristóbal de La Habana La Punta may suit intermediate and experienced smokers who prefer a generally medium profile with earth, nuts, toast, wood, coffee, and spice. Published strength ranges from mild-medium to full-bodied, and some reviews describe increasing intensity as the cigar develops. Those seeking a consistently mild, creamy profile or flavors without dryness, perfume, minerals, metallic impressions, or pepper may prefer a different style.
Earth is the most consistently reported tasting note, often accompanied by nuts, toast, wood, coffee, or cocoa. Cigar Aficionado’s newest review from 2020 describes floral and woody smoke with spice, slight sweetness, and a metallic accent. Its 2018 tasting retains flowers and spice but adds toast, nuts, and caramel. Older assessments lean more heavily toward earth, coffee, cocoa, cedar, leather, and nuts, although vanilla, tea, citrus, anise, cinnamon, and orange peel show considerable variation.
What distinguishes the reported San Cristóbal de La Habana La Punta profile is the contrast between its earthy, roasted foundation and lighter aromatic accents. Earth, nuts, toast, wood, and coffee create the central structure, while flowers, caramel, sweet spice, citrus, or vanilla can soften or brighten it. Minerals, dust, chalk, tar, perfume, or metal occasionally move individual samples toward a drier and less conventional direction. Production date, storage, age, and individual taste can affect the flavors perceived.
Score History
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Published Reviews by Source
The published reviews below cover San Cristóbal de La Habana La Punta. CCG is not affiliated with or endorsed by the publications listed. Our goal is to help readers compare scores and perspectives, with direct links to each original review.
Cigar Aficionado
14 ReviewsFloral and tangy at first, this belicoso, which draws and burns well, becomes nutty and woody, carrying notes of dried fruit that blossom on the finish.
91PointsView Original ReviewA veiny torpedo that’s woody and tangy with an underlying nuttiness. Notes of leather come through before the woody finish. The cigar has an open draw and fair…
90PointsView Original ReviewSome thin, kinky veins riddle the chocolate-brown wrapper of this box-pressed belicoso. The burn is a tad off, but the draw gives a floral, woody smoke that ca…
87PointsView Original ReviewA softly pressed belicoso that smokes evenly and consistently. It imparts a toasty smoke balanced by notes of nuts, caramel a bit of spice and a floral finish.
92PointsView Original ReviewOverly floral, almost to the point of perfumey, this belicoso has a slight vanilla quality as well. The finish is notably dry.
87PointsView Original ReviewThe draw of this torpedo is firm, but still imparts an earthy combination of minerals, cocoa and tangy tea notes.
88PointsView Original ReviewA pressed torpedo with a lush draw and even burn. It's a toasty, cedary smoke with some dusty notes on the finish.
89PointsView Original ReviewA nutty, earthy pyramid with base notes of coffee and chocolate. The draw is a bit firm, but manages to communicate a lot of flavor.
90PointsView Original ReviewThis peppery belicoso draws and burns consistently, offering some coffee bean, nuts and citrus around the peppery core.
91PointsView Original ReviewA balanced cigar with rich, decadent smoke. It has a nutty, earthy quality and a rich finish. Medium bodied.
90PointsView Original ReviewAn attractive belicoso. The draw is superb, and it burns with a light gray ash. It's complex, with flavors including anise, coffee and sweet spices. It builds…
90PointsView Original ReviewVeiny and rough, this belicoso has an inconsistent draw and burn. It's cedary and leathery, with some tarry notes. Medium to full bodied.
86PointsView Original ReviewVery dark, very oily and well made. The cigar is syrupy, with toasty, nutty flavors and a medium body. The finish is cedary.
92PointsView Original ReviewA full-bodied cigar with an excellent balance of flavors between earthiness and woodiness. There are also strong sweet spice notes, with a hint of nuttiness.
92PointsView Original ReviewCigar Insider
5 ReviewsCovered in a beautiful reddish-brown leaf, this belicoso has an excellent draw. Its core of coffee bean flavor issweetened with a cocoa note before the earthy…
91PointsView Original ReviewA beautiful figurado with a few bumps and veins and a perfect cap. This aromatic cigar has rich leathery, woody flavors with a solid tobacco taste. It also has…
90PointsView Original ReviewThis cigar features earthy, leathery flavors with a hint of sweetness, but it lacks complexity. A medium-bodied smoke.
88PointsView Original ReviewThe belicoso tip on this cigar is perfect. The cigar has an irregular burn and a nutty, toasty flavor with a hint of cinnamon.
89PointsView Original ReviewThis rustic pyramid is solid, but the wrapper is poorly stretched. It burns well, showing earthy, toasty flavors and a big, chalky finish. It has hints of gree…
87PointsView Original Review
