quality cigars, cigarsEach brand and type of quality cigars tastes different. While the wrapper does not entirely determine the flavor of quality cigars, darker wrappers tend to produce a sweetness, while lighter wrappers usually have a "drier" taste. Whether a cigar is mild, medium, or full bodied does not correlate with quality. Different smokers will have different preferences, some liking one good smoke better than another, others disagreeing.

When smoking quality cigars, which is rarely inhaled, tastes of tobacco with nuances of other tastes. Many different things affect the scent of your smoke: tobacco type, quality of the cigar, added flavors, age and humidity, production method (handmade vs. machine-made) and more. Fine quality cigars can taste completely different from inhaled cigarette smoke. When smoke is inhaled, as is usual with cigarettes, the tobacco flavor is less noticeable than the sensation from the smoke. Some enthusiasts use a vocabulary similar to that of wine-tasters to describe the overtones and undertones observed while smoking quality cigars. Some even keep journals of quality cigars they've enjoyed, complete with personal ratings, description of flavors observed, sizes, brands, etc. Cigar tasting is in some respects similar to wine and cognac tasting.