Featured Cigars - August 2013

The Gurkha brand is known for its ornate boxes and high quality cigars. The Gurkha Titan was created by Kaizad Hansotia who bought the Gurkha brand and its inventory from a man in Goa, India for $149 in 1989. Now Mr. Hansotia has one of the most well known brands in the world, and also has the claim to fame of having produced the most expensive cigar in the world called His Majesty's Reserve going for $15,000 for a box of 20! The reason it's...

The fine cigars from the Joya de Nicaragua line are not only popular with our panel members; they've been a big hit since they first hit the market in 1964. In the 1970s the brand was hugely popular, widely considered to be the best in the world. Created in Nicaragua's first cigar factory, from where they spread throughout the world, its deserved popularity was cut short. Sadly, decades of war and Communist rule in their homeland nearly destroyed...

Made from a tasty vintage blend of Dominican long-fillers, a rarely seen Indonesian binder and a beautiful Ecuadorian grown Connecticut shade wrapper, the Arganese Connecticut Robusto is a mild cigar chock full of crisp, nutty flavor. Note how well constructed this cigar is— the cap flows nicely with the rest of the cigar, there are minimal veins and no evident hard or soft spots. Not surprisingly, the draw is good and the burn dead even with...

Introduced in 2006, the 601 Serie Green Oscuro is made in Esteli, Nicaragua by none other than Don Pepin Garcia. The 601 line is known for being powerhouses but the the 601 Serie Green is the strongest out of the 601 line. The 601 Serie Green begins with a super dark Habano maduro wrapper from Nicaragua that is dripping with oily goodness. Underneath is a Nicaraguan binder and a blend of Nicaraguan Cuban-seed long-fillers. This powerhouse has...

The Excalibur Epicure Natural contains only the top ten percent of the premium long leaf tobacco leaves grown in Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic topped off with a beautiful light brown Connecticut shade wrapper. Natural means that the wrapper is lighter in color and has undergone minimal fermentation. Clip the end and you’ll note a sharp contrast with the dark blend of long-filler tobaccos. The roll is solid from head to toe..