Featured Cigars - February 2025

Nica Libre’s goal is simple: produce traditional and complex blends that can be enjoyed by everyone at affordable prices. After years of refining blends, Nica Libre released the Sun Grown to join the cult following of their core lines. Handmade in Nicaragua, the first thing that you’ll notice is the chocolate brown Sun Grown Habano wrapper leaf that is draped over the habano binder, which in turn hugs a bevy of premium Nicaraguan long filler...

The Mark Twain The Press No. 2 in your shipment today may not be a cigar he personally smoked, but we would like to think he would have! This tasty smoke comes dressed with a handsome Ecuador Sumatra wrapper leaf which secures a Honduran binder and a bevy of Nicaraguan and Honduran long-fillers. Medium in body, this smoke will lend notes of oak, leather, and earth with a toasty-smooth core. Perfect for any time of day, this smoke pairs...

El Mejor Espresso is a distinctively dark Nicaraguan that melds the smooth subtleties of delicate aging with the kick of hearty Nicaraguan and Mexican tobaccos. The Mexican maduro wrapper is velvety smooth to the touch, with ample oil. Our panel is always torn between smoking these types and eating them up like candy bars (hey—it’s easy to confuse the two—it’s dark, you have to unwrap it, and it’s box-pressed to boot!). The term Espresso is...

Victor Sinclair’s Bohemian "Bamboo" series is another of the manufacturer's physically beautiful cigars. The big claim to fame with the Big Sur is its chunky 6x60 size which affords a longer smoking time and, thanks to its large ring gauge, a much cooler burning cigar. The larger ring gauge also causes more tobacco to be burned in a slower fashion which changes the flavors produced in the smoke. The first things you will probably notice are...

Technically, this is not a 100% ligero cigar. It’s more like 82% because a straight ligero cigar would have major burn issues. Your Cain Maduro won’t—the blend and construction are near perfect. Light it and you will find notes of dark chocolate, black pepper, espresso beans, and hickory. For a full-bodied cigar, the smoking experience is surprisingly smooth—trust you won’t be overwhelmed. Nonetheless, this stogie is for the seasoned cigar...

Hailing from General Cigar's factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, the Cohiba Riviera is one that is basked in luxury. When released in 2023, this exquisite three-country blend became the first and only box-pressed cigar in Cohiba’s collection. It features a filler blend of Honduran Jamastran, Honduran La Entrada, Nicaraguan Condega, and Nicaraguan Estelí, all enrobed in a Honduran Connecticut binder, and then finished with a stunning Mexican San...

Introducing the magnificently limited follow-up to the highly rated and sought-after Oliva Serie ‘V’: the Oliva Serie ‘V’ Melanio. This handmade stunner earned an impressive 96 rating and #1 Cigar of the Year from Cigar Aficionadoin 2014 and we couldn’t agree more! Hailing from Nicaragua, this full bodied stogie starts with a bold and flavorful blend of Oliva’s oldest and most prized leaves from Nicaragua’s famed Estelí and Condega...

The boys at Drew Estate have caused quite a stir in the cigar industry in the last few years. With the release of a multitude of unique brands, they've quickly become known for producing high quality, premium smokes – and one of the newer brands under their massive portfolio, Herrera Estelí, is no exception. Created by one of Drew Estate’s master blenders, Willy Herrera, the Herrera Esteli Brazilian Stalk Cut Maduro stacks up to the original...

Alec Bradley’s Safe Keepings represents the revival of an old long-lost recipe that was “kept safe” in the company’s extensive blend book. This bold Nicaraguan puro is the first to be released under the Safe Keepings line, and it features a gorgeous orange-hued Nicaraguan Habano wrapper leaf that secures a Nicaraguan binder leaf and a delicious blend of Jalapa and Condega long fillers, and a flavorful Criollo '98 leaf from Estelí. Give the...