About this cigar
The JR Cigars Alternative Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 Maduro is a cigar in the Toro format, 155 mm long with a 49 ring gauge (19.4 mm), made in the Dominican Republic. Tobaccos: wrapper Secret and filler Secret. Strength: medium; smoking time about 96 minutes. It is one of 181 sizes in the Alternative line. Noted flavors: cedar, cocoa, coffee and spice.
Arturo Fuente's Alternative line brings the 8-5-8 Maduro, a 155 mm toro with a 49 ring gauge distributed by JR Cigars. The house keeps its wrapper and filler a closely guarded secret, a deliberate choice central to its identity. A medium-strength cigar for aficionados seeking balance between smoothness and character.
Specifications
- Brand
- JR Cigars
- Line
- Alternative
- Vitola
- Alternative Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 Maduro
- Size
- Toro
- Length
- 155 mm · 6.1″
- Ring gauge
- 49 · 19.4 mm
- Wrapper
- Secret
- Wrapper shade
- Maduro
- Filler
- Secret
- Country of manufacture
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- Smoking time
- About 96 min
JR Cigars
Honduras, Founded in 1971, 483 cigarsJR Cigars is an American house founded in New York by Lew Rothman, which grew into one of the leading names in the U.S. cigar business. Its own-brand range, the JR Alternative Cigars, offers a wide selection of vitolas, with Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan versions in different wrappers and strengths.
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