Bolívar New Gold Medal vs Partagás 8-9-8
How do Bolívar New Gold Medal and Partagás 8-9-8stack up? Here's the head-to-head — strength, wrapper, flavor, size, and critic ratings — plus which one to reach for.
- Strength
- Body
- Medium-Full
- Medium-Full
- Origin
- Cuba
- Cuba
- Wrapper
- Cuban
- Cuban
- Binder
- Cuban
- Cuban
- Filler
- Cuban
- Cuban
- Vitola
- Grand Corona (Partagás 15)
- Lonsdale (Dalias)
- Size
- 6.5 in × 48
- 6.7 in × 43
- Rating
- —
- —
- Flavor
- CedarCoffeeLeatherCocoaEarth
- CedarLeatherCoffeeEarthPepper
The verdict
- Strength
- Both land at Medium-Full — a similar body either way.
Both are worth knowing — the "better" cigar is the one that fits your taste and the moment.