Featured Cigars - May 2016

For over 150 years, the Bailey family of Virginia has cultivated some the finest tobacco available. For five generations, the family has only used old-school methods to select and cure all their tobaccos to ensure consistency and flavor and to deliver premium cigars. Their premium cigar company, Cornelius & Anthony, makes their Avant Garde line in the Dominican Republic, where these medium to full bodied handmades are imparted with a blend of Cuban-seed Dominican long-fillers, a Connecticut Broadleaf as a binder, and an oily and handsome Brazilian Habano wrapper to finish. Once lit, balanced flavors of spice, coffee, earth, cedar, and some subtle peppery notes will take over your palate. Pair it with a Scotch.

The León Jimenes Imperiales Maduro Belicoso is handcrafted at the La Aurora factory, one of the premier cigar factories in the world—and the Dominican Republic's oldest. Guillermo León Herbert's family has been cultivating tobacco for six generations. His grandfather, Don Eduardo León Jimenes, was the founder of La Aurora Cigars, situated on the outskirts of Santiago. The León family started farming tobacco in the late 1880s, and in 1903...

Hoyo de Monterrey is one of the oldest and most respected brands on the market today and their Hoyo de Tradición is another top-notch blend to join their line. Hailing from Honduras at the famed Villazon factory, this box-pressed beauty features a hearty blend of long-leaf tobaccos from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua which is secured by a habano binder. Draped on top is a leathery and reddish hued Honduran-grown viso Rosado...

One of the hardest working men in the cigar industry, Rocky Patel has done it again by creating another masterpiece. Wanting to create a darker version of his already hugely popular and super approachable Connecticut line, Rocky and his team managed to do just that with the Broadleaf line. Medium in strength, this stogie features a dark and rich Connecticut Broadleaf that encases a hearty blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan long-fillers and a...

The Ave Maria brand is known for its elegance in not only its smokes but in the packaging as well, and the Divinia is no different. Like the others in the Ave Maria portfolio, the Divinia features a stunning band and has the quality that people have come to expect from them. This stunning boxed-pressed handmade features a Habano Sun Grown wrapper that hugs well-aged Nicaraguan Cuban-seed long fillers and a Nicaraguan binder. Once lit, your...