Featured Cigars - November 2017

A worldwide favorite, this venerable Cuban brand has been around, in many guises, for decades. First manufactured in Cuba, then the Dominican Republic, the Saint Luis Rey is now hand-rolled in Danli, Honduras. The Saint Luis Rey Natural Broadleaf you have in your shipment is brand spanking new—so new it was just released in August of this year and many of our members may be some of the first to try them! Hand-rolled in Honduras, this...

The Herrera Estelí Norteño is a full-bodied firecracker that features a rich, dark, oily, and very handsome Mexican San Andres wrapper that tightly secures a spicy Honduran binder and a bevy of long-fillers from the fertile Nicaraguan growing regions of Jalapa and Estelí. Once lit, expect lots of dense smoke and a near perfect draw with bold core notes of chocolate and pepper with hints of cashew, cocoa, and espresso. The name of the cigar...

Created in 2007, the San Cristobal brand is starting to make waves throughout the cigar industry; in fact, the brand itself has a 93 rating with Cigar Aficionado! Normally known as a full bodied brand, the San Cristobal Elegancia you have in your shipment today shows the softer side of the brand. Hailing from Nicaragua, this stogie starts jam-packed with Nicaraguan long-fillers that is held together with a Nicaraguan binder, then wrapped with...

Pinar del Rio cigars are made in one of the best small factories in the Dominican Republic and are known for boutique charm and, more importantly, flavor. In fact, PDR cigars use a unique and complex rolling technique to bunch the filler tobacco, called “Entunado”. By using this technique, it lets them build more complex flavors by adding more filler tobacco, but placing it in such a way that it will allow an easier draw with more flavor. The...

The Black Ops Berserker is from a name you might not be able to say three times fast, but the name Kaizad Hansotia has rapidly swept through the cigar industry. Known as the master blender behind the Gurkha brand, he's admired for his mastery of fine tobacco blending and creativity in developing attractive packaging for his cigars. To go a step farther, for the Black Ops, Hansotia has paired with the legendary Abdel “A.J.” Fernandez and his...

The original and the best known My Father is what you have in your shipment today. This cigar comes with numerous 90+ ratings and a more recent 94 rating from Cigar Aficionado. My Father also received a spot two years in a row in their Top 25 Cigars in 2009 and 2010 with an additional spot a few years later in 2014. My Father brings old world Cuba and the very best of Nicaragua with a Havana twist. The very first thing that you will notice...

The Kristoff brand was established by Glen Case in 2004 and is one of the fastest growing boutique manufacturers in the cigar industry. With simple packaging and without the use of flashy names, Kristoff lets the cigars speak for themselves. We can hear them loud and clear! Known for their bold and refined flavors as well as immaculate construction, Kristoff has assembled some of the finest master blenders with generations of experience. In...

Mild—just shy of middleweight—but full-flavored, the 5 Vegas Gold Churchill is the perfect selection for our newbie smokers, while having enough character to please seasoned smokers, too. With its shimmering honey-tan Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper and tight roll, it's an attractive stick. The blend—consisting of long-fillers from Honduras that have been aged for five years—makes for a smooth and flavorful smoke. Look for sweet grass and...

El Mejor Espresso is a distinctively dark Nicaraguan that melds the smooth subtleties of delicate aging with the kick of hearty Nicaraguan tobaccos. The San Andres 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 not...