Alec Bradley

black-market

Strength: Medium-FullIn stock

About this cigar

Alec Bradley's Black Market line is produced in Honduras and presented here as a tubo-packed Toro. Its Nicaraguan wrapper, Sumatran binder, and Honduran-Panamanian filler deliver a medium-full smoke with earthy sweetness, spice, and a creamy texture.

Tasting notes

earthdark chocolatecedarblack peppercocoacream

Available sizes

8 options8 in stock
Selected size
Smalls
4.18" × 36 · Pack of 30 (5/6)
In stock
$106.00$3.53 / cigarTax & shipping includedAdd

Pairs well with

bourbonaged rumespressoporterstout
At a glance
Made in
Honduras
Strength
Medium-Full
Sizes
8 available
In plain English

What to expect

Smoothness
Balanced
Strength
Medium-Full

Richer and more assertive, but still approachable.

Flavour
earth · dark chocolate · cedar · black pepper
Tasting profile

How it tastes

Primary

earthdark chocolatecedarblack peppercocoacreamspicesweetness

Secondary

coffeecreamsweet spiceespressoleathercedarcocoapepper

What each note tastes like

Sweetness5/5

Cocoa, dried fruit, molasses

Spice5/5

Pepper and warmth on the finish

Creaminess3/5

Soft, smooth, milky texture

Earthiness5/5

Soil, leather, forest floor

Wood4/5

Cedar, oak, toasted timber

Read from this cigar's own tasting notes, strength and wrapper — not a published score.

Earth & leatherearth · leather

Dry, savoury depth — the backbone most aged tobacco is built on.

Wood & cedarcedar

Clean, resinous notes that come forward as the cigar warms up.

Pepper & spiceblack pepper · spice · sweet spice · pepper

The tingle on the retrohale; usually strongest in the first third.

Cocoa & coffeedark chocolate · cocoa · coffee · espresso

Roasted, faintly bitter sweetness that builds through the middle.

Sweetnesssweetness

Sugars from the wrapper and long-leaf filler; often on the lips.

Cream & buttercream

The soft, rounded texture that keeps a smoke easy on the palate.

Blend & origin

How it is built

Made in
Honduras
Released
2011
Sizes (length × ring)
4.18–7" × 36–60
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Where it sits in the collection

made in Honduras · medium-full in strength · pairs with bourbon, aged rum, espresso

Compare sizes

Every size side by side

SizeLength × ringPackPer cigarPricevs retail
Smalls4.18" × 36Pack of 30 (5/6)$3.53$106
Perfecto6.7" × 54Box of 10$11.80$118
Toro Tubo6.5" × 52Box of 10$11.90$119
Robusto5.2" × 52Box of 24$9.58$230
Toro6" × 50Box of 24$10.38$249
Churchill7" × 50Box of 24$10.54$253
Torpedo6.1" × 54Box of 24$10.79$259
Gordo6" × 60Box of 24$11.04$265
Aging & storage · Guidance

How to keep it

General humidor guidance for this cigar, based on its wrapper, strength, ring gauge and packaging.

Storage

Hold the box at 65–70% relative humidity at 65–70°F (18–21°C). Steady humidity matters far more than the exact number — swings are what crack wrappers.

Rest after delivery

Thicker ring gauges hold shipping moisture longest — give these boxes three to four weeks in the humidor before the first one.

Aging window

Full-bodied blends reward patience: a year or two of quiet aging typically trades raw power for depth.

In the box

Age them in their own box where possible — the cedar keeps the cigars marrying together instead of taking on the flavour of everything else in the humidor.

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