Featured Cigars - October 2014

The E.P. Carrillo Short Run Cubra is very limited with only 1,200 boxes existing, and you’ll want more. This one of a kind cigar starts with a rare and perfectly fermented Cubra wrapper. What’s a Cubra you ask? A hybrid Habano wrapper grown in Brazil. This rare leaf is employed by just a small handful of premium handmades on the market today – mostly because its power can make it hard to blend with. But no need to fear, E.P. Carrillo has...

Why stop with just one of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Jr.’s excellent cigars when we can have two? Once Little Havana’s best kept secret, La Gloria Cubana has become the cigar of choice for cigar smokers the world over who appreciate a richer, fuller-bodied smoke. Handmade in the Dominican Republic under Perez-Carrillo’s direction, it offers a Nicaraguan binder and a delicious balance of Brazilian, Dominican, Mexican, and Nicaraguan filler...

The EO No. 21 was created by the man behind the highly rated 601 brand, Erik Espinosa. To say he knows cigars is an understatement – to say the least – as he’s worked with Alec Bradley, Gurkha, Rocky Patel, and Drew Estates. Carefully crafted at Espinosa’s own factory in Nicaragua, this very “Cuban-esque” handmade starts with a silky Connecticut Shade wrapper that secures a bold and well-aged blend of Cuban-seed Nicaraguan long-fillers...

Batten down the hatches, The Reckoning is among us! Studio Tobac is one of many side projects created by Oliva, and this powerhouse is not for the weak palate. Jam packed with very intense, ultra-potent Nicaraguan ligeros that are secured with a Nicaraguan binder, The Reckoning is finished off with a super dark Ecuadoran sun-grown Habano wrapper. Once lit, this super intense palate pleaser will slowly build in strength with notes of pepper...

Expertly crafted, this 5.8”x52 version of the Casino Gold HRS that you received today is a Premium Cigar of the Month Club exclusive, available just for our members! And you don’t have to roll the dice on this cigar or place any bets because it’s already a jackpot! Debuting at the 2013 IPCPR show, the Casino Gold HRS was created in Honduras by the legendary cigar master blenders Nestor Plasencia Sr. & Jr. Just by looking at it, you can see the...