Featured Cigars - November 2018

Each year AVO releases the Improvisation series; they take a current blend, tweak this and that, up the packaging and voila! A brand spanking new limited edition cigar. Sometimes they even revive blends that have gone extinct and tweak them to make them even more special. This 30 Years Maduro is one of those blends. Starting on the inside and working our way out, we have perfectly aged Dominican long-fillers and binder, which are then finished...

Bugatti has been for known for decades for their craftsmanship, elegance, engineering, and cutting-edge style for their supercars, but now they are racing into the cigar world using those exact same principles. Although this handmade won’t go 200 mph, this smoke will be sure to have your palate racing. One of the newest of Bugatti’s cigars is the Scuro, a blend that any maduro lover will want over and over again.

Joya de Nicaragua has a long and rich history of tobacco growing and cigar making, spanning the last five decades. In fact, in the early 70’s, Joya was the official cigar brand of the White House under President Nixon! We’re sure he would have loved this very special smoke. The Cabinetta features not one but two wrappers. On the top half there is a rich and dark Nicaraguan Habano Criollo and then, covering the bottom half, is a creamy, light

With coffee blends starting to saturate the cigar the market we’ve gotten a little fatigued, but this one grabbed our attention. The Devil’s Weed Coffee line comes in two styles, dark maduro and natural habano; the one you have in your shipment today is the dark and it’s tasty! Hailing from the famed Pinar del Rio in the Dominican Republic, this mild to medium smoke has a dark, toothy, and slightly sweetened Mexican San Andres Maduro wrapper...

Founded in 2014, Alpha Cigar Company has hit the ground running with the premium cigars they have been making. Their debut cigar is a knockout winner and its what you have in your shipment today. Using the traditional entubar method of rolling (a method that assures each leaf burns at the same rate—and long given up by most manufacturers as too labor intensive), this unique smoke features a core of Dominican and Nicaraguan Cuban seed Piloto...

Arganese cigars may not be a household name yet, but Gene Arganese didn’t intend it to be. After a long and successful career as a real estate developer, his passion for cigars turned into a hobby as he started making cigars for his own enjoyment and later for friends and family. After his friends, family, and clients began calling him begging him for more, he found some people who would make his cigars in Santiago, Dominican Republic part-time...

A part of the Modern Luxury line, the Macassar gets it name from the rich and rare ebony Indonesian wood of the same name. This stunning smoke starts with a Connecticut wrapper leaf that is grown in a ‘microclimate’ in Northeast Connecticut. According to some of their press releases, this particular microclimate helps produce a richer and more flavorful tobacco in exchange for a lower yielding plant. Underneath the wrapper is a Connecticut...

This cigar is made at the well established Victor Sinclair factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Jose Dominguez is the owner and master blender there and this stogie is aptly named his signature blend because he created it for his own enjoyment. Dual wrapper leaves of Ecuador Connecticut and Connecticut Broadleaf not only add complexity but also make this smoke aesthetically a knockout! Underneath is a wonderful combination...

Don’t let the name of this smoke throw you off. It looks complicated and unreadable but let us assure you, this is from the same company that’s one of the fastest selling cigar brands on the market today, Diesel. The Diesel d.10th was created by the one and only AJ Fernandez, who is known for the Man O’ War, Rocky Patel’s Fusion, Man O’ War Ruination and ITC 10th Anniversary, among other stellar sticks. Handcrafted to celebrate the 10th...