HC Series Black Maduro Gordo

Until recently, Xikar was only known for their lifetime guaranteed high-end cigar accessories. Then, a few short years ago, Xikar started making its own premium cigar line that over the last few years has received multiple 90+ ratings! The band on the cigar features palm trees that are meant to represent the El Corojo farm in Cuba where the style of tobacco used in this cigar was developed. The HC Series Black Maduro comes packed with long-fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua that are secured with a Nicaraguan binder and dressed with a silky smooth, dark Connecticut Havana Oscuro wrapper. Full of flavor, this medium to full-bodied handmade has delicious creamy notes of pepper, coffee, caramel, earth, and leather. Pair this roasty toasty smoke with a White Russian.

Honduras has been a tobacco growing and cigar manufacturing area for hundreds of years, but it was the Communist revolution in Cuba that really put Honduras on the map. In the 1960s, many Cuban cigar makers fled their homeland and arrived in Honduras to re-establish their way of life. The immigrants took advantage of the climate, soil, and geography, which were well-suited to tobacco growing, and began producing high quality cigars. The center of the Honduran cigar industry is the city of Danli and the nearby Jamastran Valley. The majority of the world’s pure Corojo tobacco is grown here, now that Cuba has stopped production of this iconic, spicy, and rich variety in favor of Corojo hybrids. Other important areas of Honduran cigar production include the Talanga Valley, Copan, and Trojes.