Los Statos Deluxe Robusto

Part of the Forged Cigar Company portfolio, the Los Statos Deluxe Robusto was given an extreme makeover by dynamic duo Matt Booth of Room101 and Justin Andrews of Scandinavian Tobacco Group, with the help of STG’s Honduran blending team. Two years in the making, this blend includes an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and a Nicaraguan binder, and is finished with a blend of long-fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. This enticing blend will lend medium bodied notes of chocolate and coffee with hints of black pepper. Tasty down to the nub, enjoy this smoke with your favorite Tennessee Whiskey; one option to consider is George Dickel Signature.

Honduras has been a tobacco growing and cigar manufacturing area for hundreds of years, but it was the Communist revolution in Cuba that really put Honduras on the map. In the 1960s, many Cuban cigar makers fled their homeland and arrived in Honduras to re-establish their way of life. The immigrants took advantage of the climate, soil, and geography, which were well-suited to tobacco growing, and began producing high quality cigars. The center of the Honduran cigar industry is the city of Danli and the nearby Jamastran Valley. The majority of the world’s pure Corojo tobacco is grown here, now that Cuba has stopped production of this iconic, spicy, and rich variety in favor of Corojo hybrids. Other important areas of Honduran cigar production include the Talanga Valley, Copan, and Trojes.