Featured Cigars - November 2015

As the second-largest grower of tobacco in Nicaragua, the Oliva family's generations of experience in the industry has served them well. They grow some of the finest crops in the world and are known for using the most skilled rollers and blenders in the country to create legendary cigars. Wanting to kick up the power of their highly successful and rated Saison, the team at Oliva stepped up to the challenge and ran with it, and the result...

Rocky Patel and partner Phil Zanghi founded the Indian Tabac Cigar Company in 1995 and the phenomenal success their smokes have gained in the premium market is astonishing, a testament to their dedication to producing super-premium class cigars. Rakesh (Rocky) Patel quickly made the contacts necessary to produce cigars of the highest quality. Their cultivation areas are located in the beautiful Jamastran Valley of Honduras and the Jalapa...

A recent addition to the star-studded “world” line, the CAO Colombia joins the elite cast of highly rated sticks in the already popular and unique line. The CAO Columbia follows tradition and uses premium tobaccos from a region that is not necessarily known for its tobaccos, the mountainous Colombia coastline. Cuban-seed tobaccos have been flourishing in the region since the 19th century and in the last fifteen years farmers have been

The Don Rafael, sometimes referred to as “Everyman’s everyday premium,” is rolled by Jose Dominguez in the same Dominican Republic boutique cigar factory that makes Victor Sinclair. This mild to medium-bodied smoke is well-constructed, using all-Dominican long filler leaves. The binder is Dominican and the wrapper is a Connecticut-seed grown in Ecuador. According to Smoke magazine: "…panelists agree: this is a cigar for everyone. Its mildness...

Nica Libre’s goal is simple: produce traditional and complex blends that can be enjoyed by everyone at affordable prices. While their core line has somewhat of a cult following, their newest and most coveted blend, the Nica Libre Silver 25th Anniversary Torpedo, may just be the best yet. This flawless boxed-pressed wonder features a bevy of Nicaraguan vintage long-fillers hugged by a super refined Nicaraguan binder. Finishing this full-bodied...