Featured Cigars - August 2021

Romeo y Julieta was founded in Cuba in 1875 and was named after one of Shakespeare’s literary masterpieces, Romeo and Juliet. During the 20th century, Romeo y Julieta was becoming increasingly popular, but due to the Cuban Embargo they decided to set up shop in Dominican Republic. Today, cigar master José Seijas watches over the majority of Romeo y Julieta cigars and creates some of the most classic Cuban inspired cigars today. Remaining one...

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 these handmades won’t go 200 mph, these smokes 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. This speed demon smoke starts...

Bearing the last name of the famous South American liberator from Spanish rule, Simon Bolivar, this cigar brand has a rich history dating back to 1901. The Bolivar Cofradia was created by drawing inspiration from Simon Bolivar’s bold and authoritative battle strategies. Handcrafted in Honduras by the legendary Estelo Pardon, this stick features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and a mix of Honduran and Nicaraguan...

Until recently, Xikar was only known for their lifetime guaranteed high-end cigar accessories. Then, a few short years ago, Xikar started making its own premium cigar line that over the last few years has received multiple 90+ ratings! The band on the cigar features palm trees that are meant to represent the El Corojo farm in Cuba where the style of tobacco used in this cigar was developed. The HC Series Black Maduro comes packed with long-fillers from...

The J.C. Newman Cigar Company has been around since 1895, and it was all started by Julius Ceasar Newman rolling his first cigar in his family’s barn in Cleveland, Ohio. Once he discovered his passion for cigars, he moved his family down to Tampa and quickly had a world-class reputation for producing high-quality premium cigars. Even though most of their cigars these days are made in the Dominican Republic, in 2009 the family started working with the...

The first thing you will notice about this stunning smoke is the gorgeous, silky smooth, genuine Cameroon wrapper first cultivated in, you guessed it, 1979. Underneath this four decade aged wrapper is a feisty Mexican binder and a three-country blend of long fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Hand rolled in Honduras, give the foot a toast and find a buttery draw with medium notes of spices and sweetness. This smoke...

The 702 Aniversario is a truly unique and special smoke and you will not find the proprietary hybrid wrapper anywhere else. This wrapper leaf is a hybrid-seed of three different strains of Cuban tobacco that is then grown in Ecuador. Underneath is a spicy Dominican binder that holds a bevy of Davidoff’s signature creamy Dominican fillers. Smooth with a razor sharp burn, you may find notes of wood and earth with hints of sweetness throughout...

Hailing from Nicaragua, this stogie starts jam-packed with Nicaraguan long-fillers that are held together with a Nicaraguan binder, then wrapped with a delicious, golden brown Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and finished with a three-seam cap. This medium to full-bodied cigar starts out full with notes of white pepper right up front but mellows out with creamy notes of oak, earth, and coffee. Masterfully blended, the Elegancia was given a well-deserved...

The Man O’ War Abomination is a lot of things but one thing it’s not is an abomination! Hailing from AJ Fernandez’s famed Nicaraguan factory, this smoke comes dressed in a dark Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper that glistens with oil. This stunning wrapper is expertly draped over a fragrant Habano binder and a mix of Nicaraguan fillers. With near perfect construction, once lit this full bodied smoke will lend flavors of oak, pepper, earth, espresso, and cocoa...