Featured Cigars - June 2016

Sporting a beautifully-made triple cap, the mild-bodied Fonseca Arana is a looker. No surprise—it’s blended by cigar legend Manuel Quesada, the man behind the 93-rated Casa Magna. For the Arana, he uses a toothy, chestnut brown Habano wrapper. Under the toothy Habana wrapper, Arana uses a ’98 Criollo leaf binder of wrapper quality—so it’s like having two wrappers on the cigar! The blend consists of Cuban-seed Dominican long-fillers, also aged...

With its glistening mahogany-colored Corojo wrapper, its box-press and its triple cap, Alec Bradley's Prensado is definitely a looker! The blend consists of Nicaraguan and Honduran tobaccos and the binder is Nicaraguan Jalapa. Alan Rubin, Alec Bradley's founder and president, calls Prensado his strongest blend to date. Look for the medium to full-bodied cigar to start with sheer power and a ton of flavor from the first puff. Panelists reported...

Diesel cigars have one of the best reputations in the business and so does the mastermind behind the brand, Abel, “A.J.” Fernandez. He is known for the Man O’ War, Rocky Patel’s Fusion, Man O’ War Ruination and ITC 10th Anniversary, among other stellar sticks. The Diesel Rage that you have in your shipment today is nothing short of steller and showcases a blend, straight from AJ’s farms in Nicaragua, of Cuban-seed Nicaraguan long-fillers...

It wasn’t long ago that Xikar was only known for their lifetime guaranteed high-end cigar accessories and not their lines of premium cigars which they offer as well, some with over 90+ ratings! The band on their HC Series cigars features palm trees that are meant to represent the El Corojo farm in Cuba where the famed Corojo tobacco was developed. The Xikar HC (Havana Collection) Series Habano Colorado not only has a 92 rating from...

The Foundry Tobacco Company is known for its unique blends with twists of humor, and the Chillin’ Moose Robusto you have in your shipment is no different. This gorgeous stogie starts with a dark red hued toothy Connecticut Habano Rosado wrapper that hugs an Ecuador Sumatra binder and a carefully selected filler blend of Nicaraguan, Dominican, US Broadleaf, and Mexican San Andres tobacco leaves. This mild to medium smoke will offer flavors of...