Featured Cigars - April 2019

Oliveros’s president, Rafael Nodal, specializes in limited short-batch cigars made from very good and very rare tobaccos that are available in quantities too low for most brand’s production quotas. In 2012, Nodal created a spinoff company called Boutique Blends Cigars which features his Aging Room and Oliveros cigar lines as well as his other line, Swag Cigars. The Oliveros Gran Retorno Maduro Swing (Gran Retorno translates to Grand Return)...

Handmade at the Pinar del Rio factory in the Dominican Republic, Flores y Rodriguez cigars are a collaboration between the legendary Abe Flores and the amazing Rodriguez brothers – the men at the helm of Pinar del Rio cigars. Over the last decade, the PDR factory has produced a number of 90+ rated cigars for some of the most acclaimed cigar brands to date including Gurkha, La Palina, and many more. Debuting at the IPCPR in 2015, the Flores y...

Hailing from Nicaragua, the Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc 750 (Churchill) is a newer edition to their lineup. Expertly handmade, this stogie comes dressed in a stunning, golden brown Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper that is dripping with oils. Underneath is an Ecuadorian Habano binder and a bevy of Nicaraguan long-fillers that are only of the highest quality. Mild to medium in body, expect notes of cedar and earth with hints of...

The Cusano Maduro is a no frills, no nonsense smoke. There isn’t anything flashy about the packaging or band, and instead you get a handmade that uses high quality tobaccos that deliver consistent flavors. Hailing from the Dominican Republic, the Cusano Maduro comes draped in a San Andrés Maduro wrapper that secures an Ecuadorian Connecticut binder and a blend of Domincan long-fillers. Together, this smoke will produce medium bodied...

Punch is one of the oldest Habano brands, founded in 1840 by Don Manuel Lopez of Juan Valle & Company and intended for the booming British market. The name Punch is drawn from a famous puppet show called "Punch & Judy"; the clown, Mr. Punch, is still seen today on every Punch cigar box with his sly smile and cigar. With the Diablo, we’re sure Mr. Punch is smiling for the ‘punch’ of flavor that will hit you with this smoke. Debuting at the...

The smoke you have in your shipment is truly a work of art, and the rumor on the streets is that it’s even Glen Case’s favorite smoke. This one of a kind smoke features a tri-country blend of Cuban-seed Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan long-fillers, a Cuban-seed Honduran binder, and an almost black, uber oily, Brazilian Maduro wrapper. The stogie itself has a bit of a rustic look with a rough foot. Loaded with flavor, this full-bodied smoke...

Alan Rubin, the founder of Alec Bradley cigars, has been blending and producing cigars since 1997 that have 90+ ratings from Cigar Aficionado, Cigar Insider, and Cigar Journal, just to name a few. His cigars also consistently make the Top 25 list, making his cigars some of the most sought out in the industry. Alan Rubin’s high standards have created yet another world-class smoke dubbed Superstition. The name is said to come from everyone...

La Historia by E.P. Carrillo is a special smoke; in fact, it has been said that Ernesto worked on this cigar for more than two years, and it shows. In 2014, Cigar Aficionado not only gave it a 95 rating, it gave it the number 2 spot in its annual Top 25. Enough with the accolades, lets take a look at this bad boy. On the outside sits a stunning Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper which hugs an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and a...

The Experiencia is a perfect example of the quality we have come to expect from the Micallef brand. Rated 90 by Cigar Aficionado, each individual leaf in this smoke is carefully and expertly aged for four years; then, once rolled, the cigar is laid down for an additional year of aging. Perfectly handcrafted in the Dominican Republic, this medium-bodied stunner has a gorgeous Nicaraguan Sumatra wrapper, an Ecuadorian Habano binder, and...