RoMa Craft

Neanderthal

Strength: FullIn stock

About this cigar

Created by RoMa Craft's Skip Martin and handmade in Nicaragua, this limited-edition Neanderthal uses a dark, toothy Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper over a sweet Connecticut Broadleaf binder. Its Pennsylvania, Nicaraguan and Dominican Olor Ligero fillers deliver an intensely powerful yet complex, sweet-smoking profile.

Tasting notes

earthdark chocolateblack peppernatural sweetnessespressomolasses

Available sizes

6 options4 in stock2 backordered
Selected size
SGP Petite Robusto
4.2" × 52 · Box of 15
In stock
$151.00$10.07 / cigarTax & shipping includedAdd

Pairs well with

barrel-proof bourbonaged rumpeated Scotchespressoimperial stoutdark rum
At a glance
Made in
Nicaragua
Strength
Full
Sizes
6 available
In plain English

What to expect

Smoothness
Bold
Strength
Full

Powerful and intense — best once you have some experience.

Flavour
earth · dark chocolate · black pepper · natural sweetness
Tasting profile

How it tastes

Primary

earthdark chocolateblack peppernatural sweetnessespressomolasses

Secondary

espressoleatherwoodmolassescedar

What each note tastes like

Sweetness5/5

Cocoa, dried fruit, molasses

Spice4/5

Pepper and warmth on the finish

Creaminess1/5

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 & cedarwood · cedar

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 & coffeedark chocolate · espresso

Roasted, faintly bitter sweetness that builds through the middle.

Sweetnessnatural sweetness · molasses

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

Blend & origin

How it is built

Made in
Nicaragua
Sizes (length × ring)
4–5.7" × 46–60
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Where it sits in the collection

made in Nicaragua · full in strength · pairs with barrel-proof bourbon, aged rum, peated Scotch

Compare sizes

Every size side by side

SizeLength × ringPackPer cigarPricevs retail
SGP Petite Robusto4.2" × 52Box of 15$10.07$151
HoxD Petite Corona4" × 46Box of 15$10.27$154
C3 Petite Gordo4.5" × 60Box of 15$12.40$186
HS5.7" × 46Box of 15$12.67$190−15%
KFG4.7" × 56Box of 15$13.07$196
HN5" × 56Box of 50$11.92$596−27%
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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