Featured Cigars - January 2015

For fans of Rocky Patel's Vintage lines, the Sun Grown is its fuller-bodied big brother sure to be appreciated by established and budding cigar aficionados alike. Introduced in 2004, a follow up to the Vintage, this medium-to-full-bodied spicy cigar has some kick to get you through some cold winter nights. A top-notch premium, the Sun Grown sports a dark, sultry Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper no less than five years old. The wrapper delivers...

The J.C. Newman Cigar Company has been around since 1895, and it was all started by Julius Caesar Newman rolling his first cigar in his family’s barn in Cleveland, Ohio. Once he discovered his passion for cigars, he moved his family down to Tampa and quickly earned a world-class reputation for producing high-quality premium cigars. Even though most of their cigars these days are made in the Dominican Republic, in 2009 the family started...

The Victor Sinclair Serie ‘55’ Imperial Maduro is simply scrumptious. It all starts with a five country blend that is extensively aged for five years – hence the name ‘55’. This five country blend consists of a zesty mix of Dominican, Nicaraguan, and Panamanian long fillers, a Brazilian binder, and a bold, dark, and toothy Pennsylvania Broadleaf Maduro wrapper to finish. The result is a medium to full bodied smoke with notes of coffee...

Included in the “Best of the Best” from the Robb Report, the Arganese UNO Puro is a true puro hailing from the Dominican Republic. This behemoth is created using carefully selected Dominican tobaccos that are lightly infused with Cognac and then aged to perfection. This unique medium to full smoke is complex, rich, and powerful with subtle peppery overtones and hints of Cognac, and it is exceedingly smooth and balanced.

When it comes to tasty, affordable handmades, no one does it better than Rolando Reyes Sr. at his legendary Puros Indios factory. Rolando Reyes, known as the indefatigable Zen Master of tobacco blending, is not just the best tobacco man alive, we've been told he's a control freak, which might account for his renown. He personally inspects every single cigar made in his factory, working late at night, every night. Is it any wonder the Puros...