Featured Cigars - August 2015

Originally debuting in 2011, the Dark Rituals has come back for another reprise. This enticingly rich and dark Dominican handmade starts with a robust mix of Nicaraguan long-fillers which is secured by a zesty Ecuadorian binder which is then hugged with a stunning extra-fermented Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper that has an oily sheen and a pitch-black hue. This smoke isn’t done yet as this action-packed cigar delivers complex yet very...

Victor Sinclair Cigars are really some of the most well-made, expertly blended cigars out there. Blended at Tabacalera Victor Sinclair by Jose Dominguez – Victor Sinclair’s front man and master blender – this Dominican handmade has a golden brown Ecuador Connecticut wrapper that is chocked full of Dominican fillers and a Broadleaf binder. All these combined equals a mild to medium smoke with crisp, clean, and creamy flavors of coffee, oak...

Ramon Bueso is a name that you may or may not have heard of that has recently taken the industry by storm, but that doesn’t mean that you haven’t smoked his wonderfully created cigars. Bueso started in this industry over 40 years ago as a tobacco grower where his family’s land was the first tobacco farm in Honduras. At the ripe age of 15 he became a cigar roller, eventually evolving into factory supervisor at the famous Villazon factory which...

The Partagas line was first developed in 1845 in Cuba, a history that suggests any Partagas cigar is going to be a great smoke. Long before Fidel Castro came into power in Cuba, Partagas cigars were hand crafted in Havana under the supervision of Ramon Cifuentes and his father. Ramon Cifuentes was one of the last of the legendary cigar-makers to leave Cuba. He did so in the early 1960s when he discovered Santiago, Dominican Republic and...

The Diesel Uncut is a full-bodied cigar crafted at Tabacalera Fernandez by the legendary A.J. Fernandez. He is known for the Man O’ War line, Rocky Patel’s Fusion, and ITC 10th Anniversary, among other stellar sticks. Crafted with Nicaraguan long-fillers and a binder from Nicaragua’s black fertile soil, the Diesel’s geographical terroir is evident along with its luscious Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper, which yields a layered, spicy-sweet...