Featured Cigars - October 2017

The Warped Futuro Suprema is a collaboration cigar from the famed Casa Fernandez and Warped cigars, and all we can say is that the future is here! Both set out to create a cigar with new flavors and a smoke experience that neither have done before, and not only do we think they nailed it, Cigar Aficianado agrees with a 90 point rating. The Warped Futuro hails from the Casa Fernandez in Nicaragua and features prized tobaccos from the Fernandez...

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 – and most fans of the line still do to this day. Known for their powerful and bold blends, the Joya Red takes it down a notch without sacrificing flavor or quality. This Nicaraguan puro takes us out to...

Ashton is one of the most premier luxury cigar brands out there. Founded in 1985 by Robert Levin, the company today is still family-owned and operated and is committed to quality and consumer satisfaction. The Ashton Symmetry in your shipment was four years in the making and is a collaboration between Ashton and the famed Arturo Fuente. Originally, there were delays in the project due to fires at Fuente’s factory, but that only gave the...

As the second-largest grower of tobacco in Nicaragua, the Oliva family's generations of experience in the industry has served them well. They grow some of the finest crops in the world and are known for using the most skilled rollers and blenders in the country to create legendary cigars. With a repertoire of great blends, surprisingly, this is the first Connecticut line for Oliva. The band is very similar to other Olivas but this one stands...

The Yakuza in Japan is a ruthless and feared international organized crime syndicate that are famed for their missing pinky fingers and very intricate tattoos. The Gurkha Yakuza, like its namesake, is just as menacing. Handmade in Nicaragua, this bold and feisty blend comes dressed in a chocolaty-brown Ecuador Habano ligero wrapper that is almost dripping with oily goodness. Underneath is a zesty Nicaraguan binder that secures a bevy of ultra...

Recently named to Cigar Aficionado’s Top 50 Cigars, La Aurora Preferidos is a sure show stopper. Handmade in the Dominican Republic, the Preferidos comes in seven different varieties, each with a different wrapper type; the Ruby in you have in your shipment today comes dressed in a dark, rich, and oily Brazilian Maduro that looks as good as it tastes. This gorgeous wrapper hugs a Dominican binder and a bevy of well-aged Dominican long-fillers.

By offering plenty of power tempered by a notable smoothness, the Obsidian sets a new standard for premium handmades. The dark, meaty blend consists of Cuban-seed long-fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. They deliver a wealth of dense tobacco flavor. Look at the foot of the cigar and you’ll note a combination of dark tobaccos (ligeros) in the core of the cigar, with a portion of lighter-colored tobacco (visos and secos) bunched...

The Don Rafael, sometimes referred to as “Everyman’s everyday premium,” is rolled by Jose Dominguez in the same Dominican Republic boutique cigar factory that makes Victor Sinclair. This mild to medium-bodied smoke is well-constructed, using all-Dominican long filler leaves. The binder is Dominican and the wrapper, a Connecticut-seed broadleaf, is grown in Ecuador. According to Smoke magazine: "…panelists agree: this is a cigar for everyone.

Rocky Patel is one of the hardest working men in the industry and according to some, nearly mythical. The Sun Grown Maduro is an exciting addition to his already widely popular and staple Sun Grown line that was released over a decade ago. Unlike the original line which is still produced in Honduras, the Sun Grown Maduro is handmade at Rocky Patel’s boutique factory, Tavicusa, in Estelí, Nicaragua. It also was given a well-deserved 95 point...