PDR

1878 French Roast

Strength: Medium-FullIn stock

About this cigar

Made by PDR Cigars in the Dominican Republic, the 1878 French Roast is a dark-wrapped blend built around Mexican San Andrés and Dominican and Nicaraguan tobaccos. It delivers a rich, coffee-led smoke with cocoa, earth and pepper over a creamy sweetness.

Tasting notes

roasted coffeedark cocoaearthblack pepperdark chocolate

Available sizes

3 options3 in stock

Selected size

Corona

5.2" × 44 · Box of 20

In stock

$129.00$6.45 / cigarTax & shipping includedAdd

Pairs well with

espressobourbonaged rumcoffee stoutFrench roast coffeedark rum

At a glance

Made in: Dominican Republic
Strength: Medium-Full
Sizes: 3 available

In plain English

What to expect

Smoothness

Balanced

Strength

Medium-Full

Richer and more assertive, but still approachable.

Flavour

roasted coffee · dark cocoa · earth · black pepper

Tasting profile

How it tastes

Primary

roasted coffeedark cocoaearthblack pepperdark chocolate

Secondary

creamcedarmolassestoasted nuts

What each note tastes like

Sweetness5/5

Cocoa, dried fruit, molasses

Spice4/5

Pepper and warmth on the finish

Creaminess2/5

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

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

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

Cocoa & coffeeroasted coffee · dark cocoa · dark chocolate

Roasted, faintly bitter sweetness that builds through the middle.

Sweetnessmolasses

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.

Nut & graintoasted nuts

Toasted, bready notes — almond, cashew, fresh bread, cereal.

Blend & origin

How it is built

Made in: Dominican Republic
Sizes (length × ring): 5–6" × 44–52

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Where it sits in the collection

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

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Every size side by side

Size	Length × ring	Pack	Per cigar	Price
Corona	5.2" × 44	Box of 20	$6.45	$129
Robusto	5" × 52	Box of 20	$7.75	$155
Toro	6" × 52	Box of 20	$8.10	$162

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

Two to three weeks of rest after delivery lets the box settle back to your humidor before the first smoke.

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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