We often hear people want a cigar that tastes like chocolate. And which cigar tastes more chocolaty than the typical Maduro from the cigar boom at the end of the 1990s? And it is precisely this aroma that our in-house master blender Michael Grossklos captured in the Dalay Honduras Dark series. With its high volume of smoke and its distinct sweetness, the cigar is reminiscent of the glorious times when Salih made his first trips to the USA when he was still very young.

With the fat Charger over Route 66 and a sweet Maduro in the “Schniss” (local word for mouth) – the cigar awakens this feeling in us. At the same time, as one of the pioneers in Europe, he brought the Maduro to Germany. At first, the old-timers didn’t want to believe in the success of these dark and sometimes even box-pressed cigars. “No one wants to smoke like that. Connecticut Shade is the future”. 😉

Since then, the Maduro has prevailed with great success. Now nobody doubts her anymore. Chocolate and cocoa are the clearest flavors we taste in the Dalay Honduras Dark Series. There are also very aromatic, strong Assam tea, brown sugar and molasses. The cigar is by no means “too sweet”; it has a pleasant and distinct sweetness, but it never gets too much. The sweetness and the cocoa are a red thread through the course of the cigar, around which the remaining aromas gather.