Featured Cigars - May 2013

We bring you this powerful, full-bodied and extraordinarily flavorful beauty from the cigar capital of Nicaragua, Esteli. Handmade by Nestor Plasencia, the blend is cloaked by a dark and fragrant Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper grown from Habano-seed. Thick and oily, this leaf—which oozes flavor—is a marvel to look at. The true power of this cigar comes from its long-leaf combination of extensively aged, all-ligero tobaccos from Peru and Nicaragua.

Back in the 1850’s, Admiral Victor Sinclair, after finding what he thought to be the perfect cigar, was sailing home aboard the frigate Oglethorpe just off the coast of the Dominican Republic when the ship was met by a vicious storm. The storm claimed his life, but some 140 years later, his great-great nephew, Victor Long, resumed his ancestor’s quest for the perfect cigar. As the story goes, Victor was able to locate a defunct warehouse on...

From the maker of the number one cigar of 2012, José “Pepin” Garcia has done it again with a new (and fantastic) cigar that was just released in the beginning of March of this year! The Legado de Pepin is handcrafted in Nicaragua and this puro features a zesty blend of Nicaraguan Cuban-seed long-fillers, a Criollo binder, and a dark, oily 5-year aged Corojo wrapper. This is a complex cigar that builds in strength from medium to medium-full;...

The Black Ops Connecticut is from a name you might not be able to say three times fast, but the name Kaizad Hansotia has rapidly swept through the cigar industry. Known as the master blender behind the Gurkha brand, he's admired for his mastery of fine tobacco blending and creativity in developing attractive packaging for his cigars. To go a step farther, for the Black Ops, Hansotia has paired with the legendary Abdel “A.J.” Fernandez and his...

As club members know, Rocky Patel is well known for making some of the best stogies today including his Vintage and Edge lines, all of which have received 90+ ratings from Cigar Aficionado magazine. The band at the foot accentuates the stogie’s length and beauty, if not strength, so get your favorite smoking chair ready. You’re about to experience the Edge, a well-aged powerhouse from Rocky Patel. The blend is a dazzling array of superior, aged...