Featured Cigars - August 2022

The Inspirado Orange was the first in the Inspirado line and was initially released in 2014 as a European exclusive. Soon after, the Orange quickly solidified its spot in humidors and started winning countless awards including a spot among Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars in 2017 with an impressive score of 93. Taking a peek on the inside, we find a bevy of long-fillers from Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Honduras which is secured by a...

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...

Several years ago, the Ortego Cubao was making waves in the cigar world with an almost cult like following and rave reviews including a 92 rating from Cigar Aficionado. Sadly, the Cubao was discontinued due to some of the rare tobaccos not being available. Now it’s back and we couldn’t be more excited. Originally created by the famous Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega, the blend remains the same, now that the rare tobaccos are available, but we...

Introduced in 1999 and part of the Drew Estate portfolio, ACID cigars are known for their unique flavors and aromatics. Over the years, Drew Estate has released a wide multitude of unique brands, but perhaps none more intriguing than ACID. These cigars are rolled with tobaccos which have undergone an unusual curing process in a cuarto aromático (aroma room). Each cuarto contains a wide array of different essential oils, herbs, and botanicals...

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 medium-bodied smoke is well-constructed, using hand selected all-Dominican long filler leaves that are carefully aged under strict controls. The binder is Dominican and the wrapper is a silky Connecticut-seed broadleaf grown in Ecuador. Upon lighting, this smoke...

A few years back, CAO did a line of smokes based on the award-winning show Sons of Anarchy. Its spin-off show, Mayans M.C., now has a special one size cigar as well. If you don’t know anything about the show, FX Networks describes it as: “Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes (JD Pardo) is a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp, EZ is trying to...

The Lost and Found Scooby Snax Perfecto in your shipment today is exclusive to you, our members, as you will not find the perfecto shape anywhere else! Besides the shape, the Scooby Snax line was produced in very limited quantities. According to co-founder Tony Ballatto, these smokes where discovered when Caldwell was traveling through the Dominican Republic and they found them fascinating and couldn’t wait to share them. Handmade in the...

We have featured La Aurora Preferidos smokes over the years, such as the Ruby, Platinum, and Sapphire, but this is the first time we have featured the Diamond. The Preferidos Diamond starts with Nicaraguan and Dominican long-fillers that are topped with a Dominican binder and a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper leaf. With a 90 rating from Cigar Aficionado, this medium to full bodied smoke will lend notes of pepper, coffee, and cedar with a spicy...

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, but it also gave it the number 2 spot in its annual Top 25. Enough with the accolades, let’s take a look at this bad boy. On the outside sits a stunning Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper which hugs an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder...