Cigars from Around the World

Cigar Aficionado’s 2019 Cigar of the Year.

The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro is the first Quattro cigar to be made outside of the Dominican Republic and uses only Nicaraguan tobacco to form the distinctive taste of this cigar.
 
The flavour is complex and develops throughout the smoke, turning from rich and heavy with notes of wood and dark chocolate, to subtle and sweet hints of caramel and almonds. This complex blend of Nicaraguan tobacco has created a wonderful full-bodied cigar, with an excellent draw and burn and a delicious taste and aroma.

Size: Torpedo

Strenght: Medium to Full

The Number #1 voted cigar of the year chosen by the prestigious Cigar Journal, as well as very impressive 90+ scores from Cigar Aficionado and Cigar Snob Magazine. The excellent Bellas Artes is a combination of a Brazil Matafina maduro wrapper, binder from Mexico San Andres and Nicaraguan tobacco filler.

Raised in Cuba and steeped in the rich tradition of Fernandez Cigar Legacy, AJ Fernandez produces unparalleled premium cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua. Ensuring superior quality, the day-to-day operations at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez are managed under the watchful eye of AJ himself.

RING GAUGE : 52

LENGTH : 5 1/2”

STRENGTH : 4 OUT OF 5

The Cigar

Description 

New from A.J. Fernandez renowned Cuban cigar-maker and tobacco grower has released the Bellas Artes brand; a new blend featuring a new hybrid wrapper and region-specific tobaccos never released before.

The hybrid wrapper, which AJ calls "Rojita” is a cross between three strains of tobacco: Connecticut 8212, Corojo '99 and Havana 2000. The binder which is also a unique tobacco, a Havana '92 varietal grown in Quilalí, a region of Nicaragua that has been producing black tobacco since the 1800s. The fillers of these outstanding smoke is comprised of mainly Nicaragua tobacco from Estelí, Condega and Jalapa, however AJ has added some Honduran leaf and a bit of Brazilian tobacco as well for additional complexity.

A.J. wanted a unique cigar with unique flavors and aromas produced by the tobaccos he selected from the excellent growing regions of Nicaragua, Jamastran and Brazil. The AJ Fernandez Bellas Artes will be available in a handful of sizes in a slightly box-pressed format. All the tobacco in the Bellas Artes blend is aged for a minimum of three years and are handmade at Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua factory in Estelí, Nicaragua.

Robusto

Size 5 1/2 x 52

The Cigar

Description 

The spirit of the Enclave lays within the special brotherhood created by those who enjoy a fine, premium cigar. The rich Rosado wrapper from Ecuador compliments a decadent Cameroon binder. 

Hand rolled in Esteli, Nicaragua. 

The Cigar

Description

The A.J. Fernandez New World Navegante Robusto Cigar is a cigar that is masterfully blended by the finest tobaccos from the richest regions of Nicaragua including Esteli, Ometepe, Condega and Jalapa.  This superb cigar is a medium to full bodied experience that is box pressed with wonderful aromas of espresso, cocoa and pepper; these combine to provide a uniquely earthy experience. I

The New World by AJ Fernandez provides a magnificent smoke that gets better the longer you smoke it making this cigar a delight for cigar aficionados and novices alike.

Length: 5 1/2″
Ring Gauge: 55
Strength: Medium  – Full
Wrapper: Dark Nicaragua
Binder: Jalapa
Filler: Blend of Ometepe, Condega and Esteli

The Cigar 

Description 

The Viva La Vida Diademas Finas LE is a full-strength perfecto that is handmade in Nicaragua by master cigar crafter AJ Fernandez for Artesano del Tabaco. Its Habano Colorado-maduro wrapper covers a Nicaraguan Corojo binder and a filler made of Nicaraguan Criollo ’98 tobacco. This limited-edition Nicaraguan puro delivers bold notes of black pepper and leather.

• Strength: Medium-Full
• Length: 5 1/4
• Ring Gauge: 52
• Packaging: Box of 22
• Origin: Honduran
• Burn Time: 40-50 minutes
• Handmad

The Cigar 

Description

"Fine & Rare is an ever evolving project. It is a concept more than a cigar. Fine & Rare has been seen in many different formats since the project began. I play with different tobaccos and different crop years to create this 10 leaf masterpiece. I always need to let the blend dictate the size and shape of Fine & Rare in any given year. For 2021, Alec Bradley is proud to present 2500 boxes of the first iteration of Fine & Rare BC-(13)4EV. Celebrating the eleventh evolution of Fine & Rare, this collectors set contains 10 Churchill cigars and a very special 11th cigar to be revealed by enthusiasts upon box opening."

- Alan Rubin 
(founder of Alec Bradley)

Length: 7"
Ring Gauge: 50
Strength: Medium to Full

Alan Rubin created a blend called Alec Bradley Prensado. Rubin had smoked a very dark wrapper leaf grown in a region of southern Honduras called Trojes and decided to build a cigar brand around it, using Central American tobacco exclusively. And what a cigar he made.

The brand hit the market in 2009 and was acclaimed from the very beginning. In a vertical brand tasting in Cigar Insider of the five original sizes, each scored 91 points or more and earned our accolade of Humidor Selection. The Alec Bradley Prensado Churchill, made at the superb Raices Cubanas factory in Danlí, Honduras, is as gorgeous a cigar as you'll ever see, with a picture-perfect head and a stunning wrapper. But it is the flavor that makes it a classic smoke. The Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos come together to create leather, chocolate and spice notes, and a long, lush finish.

The Cigar

Description

Alec Bradley Project 40 Maduro Robusto cigar has beautiful notes of cocoa, dried fruits, pepper with earthy and spice notes. Aged Nicaraguan and Honduran tobaccos balance out the flavour of the Robusto in a delectably complex smoke that is sure to please.

Stregth: Medium
Length: 5 Inches
Ring Gauge: 50

The Cigar

Description 

The Alec Bradley Project 40 Maduros a solid offering and more memorable to me than the original Project 40. It is a nice and enjoyable blend that is affordable and approachable as well. It is not overly complex, but it delivers a decent profile from start to finish. 

Length: 6"
Ring Gauge: 52
Strength: Medium
Packaging: Box of 20 Cigars 

Wrapper: San Andreas
Binder: Brazil
Filler: Nicaragua

The Cigar

Description

The Alec Bradley Project 40 Robusto comes from Nicaragua. A medium bodied cigar with aromas of coffee, leather, wood and pepper. Notes of creme and sweetness are also present. 

Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 12.7cm 
Strength: Medium 

Experience the best of the Alec Bradley Cigar Company with the Alec Bradley Project 40 Toro. Since 1996, Ralph and Alan have created cigars that have consistently satisfied the palates of avid cigar smokers worldwide. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail and quality, the Project 40 Toro provides a smooth, complex flavor with a positive impact on the mind and body. Enjoy the perfect balance of knowledge and appreciation with Project 40.

The term “Angel’s Share” is used in the wine-making process. Winemakers often use oak barrels to store their wine during the aging process. When the wine ages for long periods of time, some of it will evaporate from the barrel. The evaporated wine is called the Angel’s Share, alluding to the belief that the guardian angels that watch over the wine, sample it and give their blessings.

Since Fuente lost so much priceless aged tobacco during the fire in 2012, the inspiration for this cigar came from that exact term.

The burned-down warehouses contained tobacco that had been aging since the late 40s and 50s. The Fuente family was saving it for the special 100-year anniversary. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be, as the fire consumed much of the precious tobacco. It made the family extremely sad and depressed, but out of that came the Angel’s Share cigar.

From this, it is implied that the Angels enjoyed the enticing aroma from the tobacco that burned in the barns but in turn, gave their blessings to the Fuente family for future successful endeavors.

The Fuente Fuente OpusX Angel’s Share uses a wrapper from the middle priming of the tobacco plant as opposed to the top priming from which Fuente Fuente OpusX are typically made. Carlos Fuente Jr. focused more on this part of the plant, which he believes is where most of the heart and flavour is.

Length: 5 5/8"
Ring Gauge: 46
Strength: Medium - Full
Origin: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Dominican Sun Grown
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Packaging: 1 Single Cigar at No6 Cavendish

Arturo Fuente Fuente Opus X Robusto

The Arturo Fuente Fuente Opus X is the first ever Dominican Puro, made with glorious wrapper tobacco cultivated in the mineral-rich oil of the Dominican Republic. This cigar is regarded by many as the pinnacle of perfection.

Country of Origin Dominican Republic

Asylum 13 Goliath Cigar

The Cigar

Asylum 13 cigars are true Nicaraguan puros. A dark, Nicaraguan Habano wrapper cloaks a feisty combination of aged Cuban-seed long-fillers grown throughout the black, volcanic soils of Nicaragua. Upon igniting, one can expect a complex, medium to full-bodied array of flavorful, along with a slow, cool burn letting you fully appreciate every last nuance. Earth, cocoa, espresso bean, black tobacco, sweet notes, and gentle spices.

The Cigar 

Brace yourself for a cigar that shatters expectations. An intense smoke that sets the tone for a life without limits. Inspired by the uncompromising craftsmanship of Kentucky bourbon makers, our master builders have blazed new frontiers in complexity.

• Size: Robusto (5.0″ x 50)
• Strength: Medium to full
• Origin: Dominican Republic
• Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf

The Cigar 

Description

A Nicaraguan focused blend of tobaccos that harness the wild flavours of Nicaragua, starting with sweet, spicy and oaky flavours that define tobacco from this region. Camacho Nicaragua is a distinctly complex blend that makes for a bold and unforgettable taste experience. The blend is comprised of an Ecuadorian wrapper with a Honduran binder and a three country blend featuring tobaccos from Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

The Cigar

Description

The Cigar

Description

The Casa Turrent 1901 Robusto Maduro is a gorgeous oily San Andres Negro seed wrapper along with Mexican and Nicaraguan filler and binder tobaccos cultivated from Cuban seed Criollo creates a memorable smoke. This is a very intense and flavourful medium bodied smoke with highly complex and balanced notes of coffee, nuts and wood.

Wrapper: Negro San Andres Maduro

Double Binder: Criollo San Andres & Negro San Andres

Filler: Criollo San Andres, Negro San Andres & Nicaragua

Length: 5 1/4″

Ring Gauge: 50

Strength: Medium to Full

Drew Estate Liga Privada No9 Flying Pig

The Cigar

Rich, complex and full bodied without being harsh, this amazing vitola is best described in one word: satisfying. When you light a Liga Privada No. 9, you are smoking a puro that was intended and expected to be smoked by us. Aged a full year, no expense has been spared or shortcut taken in its creation as we expect cigar perfection with every puff.

Capa: Connecticut Broadleaf #1 Darks
Capote: Plantation-Grown Brazilian Mata Fina
Tripa: Select Honduran and Nicaraguan Cuban Seed
Strength: Medium – Full

Drew Estate Liga Privada T52 Belicoso Finos

The Cigar

Liga Privada T52 Belicoso Finos is a sophisticated product, meticulously blended for two years and crafted by Drew Estate's superior torcedors. It offers an impeccable flavor, construction, and character that yield a distinct experience of oaky and cedary woodiness, hints of raisins, red wine, cracked black pepper, sweet spice, and a concluding molasses note.

Drew Estate Liga Privada T52 Robusto

The Cigar

Meticulously blended over a period of two years with notes of black pepper and spice, it is our choice when desiring a stronger, more robust smoke. Like its predecessor, it is a complex marriage of seven distinct aged tobaccos handcrafted by only our absolute best torcedors. Each cigar is guaranteed to be flawless in construction, flavor and character…without exception.

The Liga Privada T52 story is about leaf, and the pursuit across continents to find it. Add in two gambling spirits willing to roll the dice & wait, patiently, for the magic to be revealed.

Drew Estate Undercrown Flying Pig Maduro

The Cigar

Incorporating many of the same rare tobaccos, but of different vintages and primings, the cigar they created was no mere replacement. Rather it is an exceptional smoking experience of uncompromising quality and flavor that deserves to be smoked by all.

It is always the master makers who are heralded, but the reality is that great cigars are the product of many talented people, most of whom toil in factories with no publicity ever. They are the uncelebrated heroes who make all of our lives more pleasurable with the cigars they craft. And therefore, it is with great pleasure that we are now sharing their factory floor creation with you as Undercrown, borne of our worker’s ingenuity, resourcefulness and passion for a great cigar.

Size: 4 1/8 x 60

Strength: Medium to Medium-Full

Taste Profile: Lush, smooth and creamy with a natural inherent sweetness.

Drew Estate Undercrown Robusto

The Cigar

Drew Estate Undercrown Shade Robusto is a cigar blended by Drew Estate Master Blender Willy Herrera.
Made with an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, Sumatra binder and Dominican Criollo 98 and Nicaraguan Criollo & Corojo fillers.
This cigar is medium bodied, lush and ultra smooth delivering flavours only a shade grown wrapper can deliver, nuts, sweet cream and toast with subtle hints of warm spice and honey.
Measures 5" long with a 54 ring gauge.

Eiroa First 20 Years Colorado Robusto Prensado

The Cigar

Christian Eiroa celebrates his 20 years in the cigar industry with a full bodied Honduran puro called Eiroa The First 20 Years. Christian started his career with Camacho cigars and today runs CLE Cigars with a factory in Danli, Honduras called El Aladino. 

Eiroa First 20 Years Corona Prensado

The Cigar

Eiroa The First 20 Years 46 x 6 is a premium handmade cigar created to honor Christian Eiroa’s two decades in the business. This prized recipe consists of a blend of 100% Honduran tobaccos that have been fully aged to perfection. Sold in 20- count boxes, this classic Corona Grande delivers bold complex flavors of dark chocolate, espresso, and sweet and zesty spice backed by a rich full body character.

Eiroa First 20 Years Robusto Prensado

The Cigar

Eiroa The First 20 Years' is a celebration of cigar master Christian Eiroa's two decades in the premium cigar business. Hand made in Eiroa's El Aladino factory in Danli, Honduras, each meticulously crafted cigar pays tribute to the Eiroa family – a cigar brand with a legacy 100 years in the making.

Description 

The  Flor de Selva Colección Aniversario Nº20 is a Honduran puro. This is highlighted by a Habano wrapper grown in the Jamastran valley.

Insiders know that creating the perfect cigar can take up to twenty years.

Flor de Selva Nº20 is an experience that takes the smoker on an aromatic journey into vivid scenery, exotic locations, and a return to the times when Mayan gods and men enriched their lives by smoking rolled tobacco leaves.

Description

To celebrate the brands 20th Anniversary, Flor De Selva released the Egoista - a Short Robusto. The cigar is a Honduran Puro; a Habano wrapper from the Jamastran region, binder from Azacualpa and Olancho, and the filler is made up of Honduran tobaccos from various regions. Notes of cedar and white pepper amuse the palate during the first and second third with an intense nutty aroma and then transitions to spicy notes during the last thrid.

Insiders know that creating the perfect cigar can take up to twenty years.

Flor de Selva Nº20 is an experience that takes the smoker on an aromatic journey into vivid scenery, exotic locations, and a return to the times when Mayan gods and men enriched their lives by smoking rolled tobacco leaves.

Description

The Flor de Selva Maduro Grand Presse is a medium-bodied toro that is bold without being overpowering. A dark, Honduran binder is expertly applied over the Flor de Selva Maduro’s Brazilian Mata Fina binder and Honduran long-filler tobaccos to create a warm, inviting smoking experience that hints of espresso and toasted caramel. It’s no wonder that the Flor de Selva Maduro received the much coveted 2019 Cigar of the Year award from Tobacco Business.

Description

The Flor de Selva Maduro Robusto is a medium-bodied stick that is bold without being overpowering. A dark, Honduran binder is expertly applied over the Flor de Selva Maduro’s Brazilian Mata Fina binder and Honduran long-filler tobaccos to create a warm, inviting smoking experience that hints of espresso and toasted caramel. It’s no wonder that the Flor de Selva Maduro received the much coveted 2019 Cigar of the Year award from Tobacco Business.

Totally handmade in Honduras.

A blend of carefully selected Aged Tobacco featuring a smooth, satiny, coffee bean brown Corojo Wrapper.

Medium to full body cigar with a Rustic aroma, light citrus and cinnamon spice that changes to a sweet cedar and leather notes That switches at the last third to some Vanilla, light spice and coffee.

Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Paraguay, Ligero Esteli, Ligero Jalapa

Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Decadas Diadema

The Cigar

Back in 2018, Joya de Nicaragua celebrated its 50th anniversary how many cigar companies celebrate anniversaries, with a new cigar line. This one was called Cinco Décadas, a new limited production line and it would become the company’s most esteemed offering.

But beyond just using the Cinco Décadas line to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary, Joya de Nicaragua has been using it to celebrate and honor some key people and a key thing in the company’s history

Joya de Nicaragua are proud to introduce Cinco Decadas El Cumiche, a limited edition 5 x 52 box pressed robusto with only 1200 boxes of 10 produced.

Made exclusively with Joya de Nicaragua's prime extra vintage leaves, taken from the most exclusive collection of tobacco, it carriers an immaculate balance accompanied by a luxurious of sweet and spicy flavours.

Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco Double Robusto

The Cigar

Cuatro Cinco is an extraordinary achievement by Fábrica Joya de Nicaragua, Originally released as Edición Limitada, it commemorated 45 years of cigar manufacturing. Reserva Especial is a carefully modified recipe featuring select Grade A fillers, aged within vintage white aok barrels.

The Cigar 

The Joya Silver is made up of an Ecuadorian oscuro wrapper covering a Mexican binder and filler tobaccos from Nicaragua.

Joya de Nicaragua proves its cigars are some of the best on the market, and after a year and a half of age, the Joya Silver continues to show why. The blend is a flavour bomb, with nuance evident throughout the two hour smoking time and complexity to spare.

La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull

The Cigar

La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull is a new concept within the brand portfolio. The size is based on an old cigar mould founded in Belgium. The magnificient result is a cigar that is as intriguing in flavour as it is in appearance.

First inpression are bold and savoury with a strong notes of hickory and leather but it continuos to take on a complex spiciness. It only get better with every puff.

The Cigar 

Description

The Short is machine-made and pre-cut for convenience. However the robust yet mellow aromas associated with the brand remains consistent and the cigar can be enjoyed in around 15-20 minutes – when time is “short”.

Each cigar measures around 4” x 30 ring gauge and provides a brief taste of the finest tobaccos from Nicaragua.