A smooth cigar is a wonderful thing. With their wide appeal and palate-friendly flavors, the best mellow cigars are perfect for beginners and aficionados alike.

Choosing cigars with too much strength is a common mistake made by cigar-smoking beginners. Instead, ease yourself into your new hobby with a mellow cigar you can enjoy from the first puff to the last.

Beginners prefer smooth-smoking cigars as they demand less of your palate. These sticks are a little easier on heavy flavors and bursts of spice, so you can enjoy them at any time of the day — ideal if you’re an early-morning smoker. If you’ve never experienced the heat and spice of full-strength cigar smoke, it’s sensible to choose a mellow cigar instead.

But they’re not just for beginners. Plenty of long-term smokers turn to the best mellow cigars for a relaxing smoke, to share with a less experienced buddy, or to pair with breakfast and kick off the day in style.

It’s important to note that strength and body are two different things. Some of the smoothest-tasting mellow cigars carry plenty of body and complex flavor profiles. Mellow does not mean boring!

We’ve put together this top ten list of some of the smoothest-tasting mellow cigars on the market. Get ready to stock your humidor with smooth cigars you’ll want to smoke again and again.

For each cigar, we’ve suggested a vitola (a length and ring gauge), which will affect the overall smoking time.

For example, a mellow Robusto will typically be about 5 inches long and have a ring size of 48-52. In contrast, a Churchill comes in closer to 7 inches and has a ring gauge of 48-50.

Smaller sizes can be a good way to sample new cigars for the first time, but those bigger vitolas deliver the full journey if you want to experience an expertly blended flavor profile in all its glory.

Find your new favorite below and buy a pack right here at JR Cigars.

Country of Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Connecticut Shade

Binder: Mexico

Filler: Honduras

Length: 6

Ring: 50

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 45-60 minutes

Baccarat Toro is first on our list and is a medium size. Depending on how fast you puff, it offers up to an hour’s smoking time. Its vintage Honduran Camacho tobaccos ensure the smoke stays silky smooth throughout that time, while the Mexican binder adds hints of cocoa and wheat.

Country of Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut

Binder: Mexico

Filler: Nicaragua / Dominican Republic

Length: 6

Ring: 60

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 90-100 minutes

A JR Cigars exclusive, the Romeo y Julieta Anejados Magnum is hand-rolled in Honduras and contains a special blend of premium Dominican Republic long-filler tobacco. We love the flavors in this complex but mellow smoke, which offers sweetness, oak, and cedarwood, with a hint of pepper to liven up the palate.

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Length: 7

Ring: 48

Strength: Mellow – Medium

Smoke Time: 90 minutes

Espinosa Crema No.1 Churchill is one of Erik Espinosa’s smoothest-tasting mellow cigars, right down to the golden-brown Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. Aged Nicaraguan tobaccos give this stick a filler and binder to savor, with toasted almonds, cocoa, and cream completing the easy-going profile.

Country of Origin: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Connecticut Shade

Binder: Dominican Republic

Filler: Dominican Republic

Length: 6

Ring: 52

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 60-90 minutes

This six-incher’s larger ring gauge helps keep the smoke time up and lets you savor this cigar for longer. Montecristo Classic Toro lives up to its name, with perfectly aged binder and filler tobaccos showcasing the best the Dominican Republic has to offer, lovingly rolled in high-grade Connecticut Shade wrappers for a truly memorable smoke.

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Connecticut

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Length: 6.50

Ring: 52

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 60-90 minutes

Next up, we’ve chosen the Flor de Oliva Gold Torpedo for its distinctive tapered tip. This affordable smoke offers excellent value from the first puff until the last ash drops into your ashtray. Expect complex flavors with a sprinkle of nuts and spice, as well as an even burn that means all you need to do is sit back and enjoy!

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Sun Grown

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Length: 7

Ring: 48

Strength: Mellow – Medium

Smoke Time: 60-90 minutes

The smaller ring size gives Southern Draw Rose of Sharon Lancero a recognizable slimmer shape that only adds to the elegance of the sun-grown Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. It’s all part of the top-drawer construction of this premium mellow cigar, which delivers medium body, leather, charred wood, and the rich sweetness of caramel.

Country of Origin: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Connecticut Shade

Binder: Dominican Republic

Filler: Dominican Republic / Nicaragua

Length: 5

Ring: 42

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 30-40 minutes

At 5.62 x 42, the Don Diego Petit Corona is the smallest cigar on this list, which makes it the fastest to smoke, too. It’s the first of three five-inch vitolas we’ve chosen, all of which make for smooth-smoking cigars. Expect perfectly aged fillers that offer cedar, cocoa, and leather notes as you enjoy this mellow stick.

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Maduro

Binder: Manufacturer’s Secret

Filler: Manufacturer’s Secret

Length: 5

Ring: 46

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 45-60 minutes

Another of our smaller picks, Deadwood Tobacco Co. Sweet Jane Corona can take between 45 and 60 minutes to smoke. In that time, you’ll discover its secret blend of exotic tobaccos and flavors such as dried fruit, anise, pepper, and floral tones. The extra richness that comes from the dark, oily Maduro wrapper makes this a stand-out smoke and one of the best mellow cigars on our list.

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Connecticut

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Length: 7

Ring: 50

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 90-120 minutes

Flor de Oliva Gold Churchill is an indulgent alternative for when you have longer to savor your experience, but still want a smooth-smoking cigar. The beautiful golden Connecticut wrapper and elegant band hint at the luxurious flavor profile of this stick. We’re big fans of this one, and is among the best mellow cigars from a world-renowned maker.

Country of Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Connecticut

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Dominican Republic / Nicaragua

Length: 5

Ring: 60

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 60 minutes

The Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Short Gordo is a proud part of our JR Exclusives line. It’s built to Rocky’s usual high standards, hand-crafted under strict quality control rules, and filled with premium seven-year-aged Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco. It’s a fantastic way to experience vintage tobacco for smokers who prefer smooth cigars, without compromising on flavor.

The variety on this list already shows that mellow cigars are anything but boring. Some smokers go their entire lives without straying too far from smooth-smoking cigars with mellow strength.

At JR Cigars we stock a full range of cigar strengths and carry exclusives like the Romeo y Julieta Anejados Magnum and Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Short Gordo. You can’t go wrong with our shortlist, so why not pick up a pack today?