Which wrapper is it?

[NCRadioMan]

Maduro is a process not a color. Take color out of it. They are all Sun Grown. I would expect certain characteristics based on that, not the color.

IMO, you can't have too much information.

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

My question is, is that much better? Is the consumer more well-informed, or has the plethora of information done more to dazzle and obscure the consumer? (There's a whole topic for another time/place/forum...) Now that I have that short rant out of my system....

Here's a way to look at this - three cigars all sport a Habana Sun Grown wrapper from Nicaragua, but all three wrappers are different shades of color.
If we're all about being well-informed, then my suggestion is that, if we are indeed more informed, the let's get specific. Of the above cigars, one is a Nicaraguan Colorado HSG, the next is a Nicaraguan Colorado Maduro HSG, and the last is a Nicaraguan Maduro HSG. And yes, all three are possibilities.

Is that a good route to go?

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Maduro is a process not a color. Take color out of it. They are all Sun Grown. I would expect certain characteristics based on that, not the color.

IMO, you can't have too much information.

OK, so I agree that maduro is a process not a color, make the third one then a "darkie." Sorry to day it, but each of those different colors of SG do contribut a taste difference. While all SG, the darkness of the wrapper means something - either amounto of sugar in the leaf at the priming, or amount of time in the aging room, or.... and so, the flavor is different based upon the color of that SG wrapper. This could be true if it comes off the same plantation.

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by RevSmoke

OK, so I agree that maduro is a process not a color, make the third one then a "darkie." Sorry to day it, but each of those different colors of SG do contribut a taste difference. While all SG, the darkness of the wrapper means something - either amounto of sugar in the leaf at the priming, or amount of time in the aging room, or.... and so, the flavor is different based upon the color of that SG wrapper. This could be true if it comes off the same plantation.

If all those wrappers are on the same blend, I would contend there wouldn't be much difference in the basic flavor. It's one leaf compared to many, many more inside.

Take Padron for example, I have opened many boxes of maduros that were lighter than the naturals. And vice-versa yet, if you picked up a Padron Maduro that is very dark and one that is very light, they taste virtually the same.

A certain leaf can come in many different shades, yet taste the same.

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

If all those wrappers are on the same blend, I would contend there wouldn't be much difference in the basic flavor. It's one leaf compared to many, many more inside.

Take Padron for example, I have opened many boxes of maduros that were lighter than the naturals. And vice-versa yet, if you picked up a Padron Maduro that is very dark and one that is very light, they taste virtually the same.

A certain leaf can come in many different shades, yet taste the same.

This is the best way of answering the OP's question, imo.

[RevSmoke]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

If all those wrappers are on the same blend, I would contend there wouldn't be much difference in the basic flavor. It's one leaf compared to many, many more inside.

Take Padron for example, I have opened many boxes of maduros that were lighter than the naturals. And vice-versa yet, if you picked up a Padron Maduro that is very dark and one that is very light, they taste virtually the same.

A certain leaf can come in many different shades, yet taste the same.

With only one exception that I have found, I will heartily agree. Of course, every single cigar out of that box tasted different (don't ask me the name, it was a boom cigar, and they are no longer made).