Featured Cigars - November 2016

Meaning “fate” or “destiny”, Kismet may not be a staple in your humidor but this handmade puro is destined to change that. Created under the watchful eye of cigar master Augusto Reyes, this handmade starts with six – yes, six – different types of tobaccos that are all grown from various regions within the Dominican Republic. They are securely bound with a Dominican binder and finished with a feisty Corojo leaf that dates back to 2006. Once...

The CAO Black in your shipment today is one the first regularly made cigars by CAO and can only be found at a handful of selected retailers. Handmade in Honduras, each stogie is individually wrapped. The cigar starts with a stunning dark brown Connecticut-seed wrapper grown in Ecuador, is bound with a zesty Nicaraguan Habano leaf, and is finished with a well-aged three country blend from Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Take off the cedar...

For cigar aficionados, the Camacho brand is synonymous with “full”—as in full-bodied, full-flavored, and full of character. Their blends usually promise a powerful well-balanced smoke brimming with aromatic flavor, and the Corojo is no different. The Camacho Corojo comes from the rich soils of the Jamastran Valley of Honduras. Cuban cigar master Tino Argudin recognized that the soils of this region would be valuable for tobacco cultivation...

Meaning “Free Cuba”, Cuba Libre is known for making great premiums and selling them at affordable prices. With the Magnum you get the biggest bang for your buck! This medium-to-full-bodied, box-pressed Honduran with its toothy, deep-medium-brown Cuban-seed Corojo wrapper is a beauty. The fillers are Cuban-seed, long-leaf tobaccos that have been aged eight months in Nestor Plasencia's aging rooms before being wrapped. The result is a buttery...

In 1959, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Sr. decided to flee from Cuba to Miami until political tensions settled. With little money, he took what jobs he could before realizing that he should continue what he does best – making cigars. Close to a decade later, he managed to buy a small cigar factory, El Credito, and began producing cigars with his son. When Ernesto Sr. died in 1980, the financial responsibilities almost seemed too daunting for...

Xikar is widely known for their lifetime guaranteed high-end cigar accessories, but these days they are also known for making the HC Series – their own premium cigar line that has 90+ ratings! Their logo features palm trees that are meant to represent the El Corojo farm in Cuba where the style of the tobacco used in this cigar was developed. This Nicaraguan handmade features a metal tube that protects the sleek, chocolate brown Niagaran...

To celebrate his birthday every year, Avo Uvezian releases a limited edition cigar. In 2014 he released the AVO 88, not only to celebrate his 88th birthday but also to commemorate his love for the 88 keys on the piano. This handmade Dominican puro will be music to your palate, featuring a blend of well aged piloto ligero, piloto viso, San Vicente ligero, criollo, and corojo olor filler, an olor criollo binder, and a wrapper from Yamasá. Rolled...

Debuting in 2011, the Rocky Patel Fifty was released to celebrate Rocky’s 5oth Birthday and was the most expensive cigar he released at the time. Made at his own factory, Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A., also known as TAVICUSA, in Estelí, Nicaragua, the Fifty is four years in the making. To start off this one of a kind stogie is the stunning oily, dark chocolate brown Ecuador Habano Oscuro wrapper that was each hand plucked from a unique 7th...

Packaged in an elegant frosted glass tube, the Gurkha Status Maduro features an exhilarating blend consisting of a Dominican long-filler core, a heavily fermented Dominican binder, and a magnificent dark and rich Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Once lit, this mild to medium bodied smoke will have notes of cedar, tobacco, and cream with sweet nuances throughout. With an easy draw and razor sharp burn, out panel couldn’t get enough of it. Pair...