Seems like every El I have bought is noticably darker than the normal version.

is that basically what they boil down to? iA maduro version of the brand?

the Piramides, Sublimes, Trinidads are all much darker than other vitolas of thier brand.

If I remember correctly, the wrapper tobacco is aged for 5 years on all EL's.

2 differences

1/ wrapper aged 2 years (i think)

2/ they use wrapper from the higher part of the plant, thus slightly more sun, thus slighly thicker and darker and more natural sugars.

happy to be corrected if wrong

Darker, yes, but not consistently so.
And technically not maduro.

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Originally posted by Osnat45:
Darker, yes, but not consistently so.
And technically not maduro.

Exactly, the Cohiba Maduro 5 is the only Cuban maduro...

The ELs taste different from the regular line. All ELS I have bought had very dark wrappers except the Montecristo DC & Monte D.

Wrappers on all ELs are aged for 2 years (BTW, since last year the binder and filler are aged that long too). Hence the somewhat darker color. But by no means maduro, as Osnat and flashman pointed out.

It's also to be noted that you make a maduro in the fermentation process, not the aging process. Though a maduro can also be aged.

thanks guru's

that clears things up. I just noticed how much darker they are and assumed they were using maduro style tobacco.