Featured Cigars - July 2019

This wonderful cigar bears the name of its world-renowned maker, Cuban-born master blender José Pepin Garcia, who makes some of the world’s finest cigars. For cigar aficionados, the name Tatuaje immediately comes to mind upon hearing his name, but that’s just one of his masterpieces famed for rivaling the character, flavor, and overall experience of the finest Cuban cigars. Series JJ is yet another. Created by Pepin and his son Jaime...

The Puros Indios cigar factory, run by Rolando Reyes, Sr., is located in Danli, Honduras. With over 60 years of cigar making experience, you could say he knows a thing or two about making the perfect cigar. Viejo means "old" in Spanish and these babies warrant the moniker. The real highlight of the brand is the fact that they have undergone an extensive amount of aging. According to Puros Indios’ president Carlos Diez, these puppies were...

The Ave Maria Lionheart is more than just its stunning band. The cigar itself, hailing from AJ Fernandez’s factory in Nicaragua, is a stellar creation designed for those seeking a full-flavored, full-bodied handmade of the highest caliber. Panelists found the construction to be spot-on and the flavor rich, smooth, balanced, refined and complex. Underneath the stunning band is a gorgeous Nicaraguan Sun-Grown wrapper that hugs...

Starting in 1982, Carlos Toraño Sr. started writing down all of his family’s blends in a ‘blend book,’ thus capturing every blend the Toraño family ever created. The book also contains future concepts that may or may not ever see the light of day. The newest creation from the book is in your shipment today – Vault D-042 (Red Box). Using a blend of Central American tobaccos, this Honduran handmade employs a stunning, flawless Ecuadorian Habano...

Somewhat new to the boutique cigar scene, Room 101 cigars may have an unusual name but the cigars are 100% legit. If you’re still not convinced on the quality of these handmades, they are made by one of the best boutique manufacturers on the market today, Camacho. Actually, Room 101 Cigars was started by a chance meeting at an after-party in Las Vegas by Room 101 lifestyle founder Matt Booth and Camacho’s Christian Eiroa, and the duo have been...

Nub, the brainchild of Sam Leccia, who spent a number of years working for the Oliva cigar family, is a novel concept. Sam believes that every cigar has a sweet spot where, at some point during the smoke, it achieves the pinnacle of its flavors. He was driven to see if he could create a cigar that would capture this sweet spot from the very first puff and hold it to the very last. Thus, the Nub brand was born. The design is for function, not...

The Cohiba Puro Dominicana is exactly what its namesake suggests – a 100% puro from the Dominican Republic. This zesty stogie consists of an oily, super toothy, natural Dominican Habano wrapper, a Dominican binder, and a robust blend of Dominican long-fillers. But this stogie isn’t done yet; to maximize the flavors, each tobacco leaf is patiently aged ‘en tercio’ (an airtight bale of tightly wrapped palm leaves) within charcoaled wooden...

Recently named to Cigar Aficionado’s Top 50 Cigars, La Aurora Preferidos is a sure show stopper. Handmade in the Dominican Republic, the Preferidos comes in seven different varieties, each with a different wrapper type; the Platinum you have in your shipment today comes dressed in a rich and oily Cameroon wrapper that looks as good as it tastes. This gorgeous wrapper hugs a Dominican binder and a bevy of well-aged Dominican, Brazilian...

Montecristo stands for quality, flavor, and consistency among both cigar aficionados and the top manufacturers in the world. Not surprisingly, it has become one of the most recognized brands worldwide. From its humble beginnings in the early 20th century through today, the brand has exploded into a variety of line extensions. Currently, Montecristos sold in the USA are distributed by Altadis U.S.A. and their head of product...