Featured Cigars - October 2018

Meaning “shuttle” in Italian, Navetta comes in four sizes, all named after NASA space shuttles. The smoke you have in your shipment today is called Discovery but there are also Endeavor, Enterprise, and Atlantis. Hailing from the Joya de Nicaragua factory, the Navetta starts with Nicaraguan fillers which are bound by a Dominican binder, then it’s topped with a delectable Ecuadorian Oscuro wrapper. Light ‘er up and get notes of roasted coffee...

Gurkha is world-renowned for their extensive collection of cigars, and founder Kaizad Hansotia has upped his game with the Gurkha 130th Reserve. Styled in the same fashion as their famed HMR (which are the most expensive cigars in the world at $750 a stick), Kaizad enforced the strictest quality control protocols to ensure that only the best leaves make it into each stick. After carefully opening the wax-sealed glass tube, this top-notch...

The 5 Vegas brand (read “cinco vegas”) is one of our favorite top shelf premiums. Delivering consistently superior construction and blends, the cigar you have your shipment today is something special! In fact, our members are the only ones that will get this cigar as this smoke was specifically handmade just for you, our members! You will not find this smoke anywhere else! This version of Big Five is packed full of Nicaraguan tobaccos from the...

Debuting at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, La Boheme was also the first cigar to come out of the Boutique Blends portfolio. The name comes from Giacomo Puccini’s illustrious 1895 opera, which also happens to be Rafael Nodal’s favorite work. The cigar comes in four different sizes named after characters in the opera; Pittore, the size you have in your shipment today, represents Marcello the painter. This stunning smoke comes from cigar legend Jose...

When you think of Mexcio, most people think of beaches, food, and maybe even Spring Break, but now you’ll think of cigars! Sometimes referred to as “Everyman’s everyday premium,” Don Rafael is rolled by Jose Dominguez in the same Dominican Republic boutique cigar factory that makes Victor Sinclair. Featuring a stunning Mexican San Andres wrapper, underneath is a zesty Dominican binder and a mix of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. Truly...

The Villazon factory in Honduras has been said to be a key piece in the cigar industry where skilled artisans have created blends for Excalibur, Hoyo de Monterrey, and Punch to name just a few. Now called HATSA (Honduran American Tabaco SA), they still make some of the best cigars out there rooted in deep tradition. The Villazon Maduro is made with this tradition in mind and is packed full with Colombian, Dominican, Honduran, and Mexican...

Recently, Altadis U.S.A. announced the acquirement of several cigar brands and a new head of product capability, Rafael Nodal, who was the previous co-owner of Aging Room Cigars. His first project is the Trinidad Santiago. This stunner hails from the Dominican Republic, specifically the Jochy Blanco’s Tabacalera Palma factory which also made several of Nodal’s cigars previously. This smoke is a true puro with filler, binder, and wrapper all from...

The J.C. Newman Cigar Company has been around since 1895, and it was all started by Julius Ceasar 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 had 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 working...

Rocky Patel is one of the hardest working men in the cigar industry and his hard work totally pays off in spades. The Rocky Patel OSG was the original sun-grown blend when it first appeared over a decade ago. The current blend is slightly different, but both are super tasty. The OSG hails from Honduras and features a thick, oily and leathery Honduran Sun-Grown wrapper which secures a Honduran binder and a bevy of Nicaraguan fillers, and...