Featured Cigars - January 2022

Perdomo Lot 23 refers to a field of special tobaccos cultivated in 2000 when Nick Perdomo planted an experimental crop on virgin land in Nicaragua, which he dubbed Lot 23. This field produced a very small crop of tobaccos. Six years later they were carefully blended to create a unique 100% Nicaraguan puro. An innovator and master blender, Nick Perdomo selected a beautiful Connecticut-seed leaf—glistening with oils and caramel-brown...

The Gurkha Ghost Silver has real spirit, and you can tell by just looking at the stunning cigar and band. Underneath the band is a dark chocolate, thick, and toothy Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper that secures a criollo ’98 binder and a bouquet of Dominican and Nicaraguan long-fillers. Once lit, this Dominican smoke will lend medium-bodied multilayered flavors of earth with hints of cocoa and cinnamon. Tasty from foot to nub, pair this smoke...

La Aurora holds the distinction of being the oldest cigar brand produced in the Dominican Republic. Grown in the same fields of the Cibao Valley for more than three generations, it is the best selling brand within the country, and has been almost since its release back in the early 1900s. Making use of the same growing fields throughout its history has been one of the keys to the brand’s legendary consistency. The La Aurora Embassador Habana Gran Toro...

Ramon Allones is a prerevolutionary Cuban brand that was established between 1837 and 1845. The brand has changed hands several times and eventually landed with Partagás. While Ramon Allones hit it big in the United Kingdom during its heyday in the 1920’s, the brand has been in slow decline ever since. Wanting to make a comeback, they called upon the one and only legendary AJ Fernandez to re-blend the Ramon Allones cigars...

The third installment to Ramón Bueso’s already incredible and highly rated lineup is the one cigar that he has always wanted to make, and we couldn’t be happier that he did. Each leaf is aged, flawless, and handpicked, and each cigar was carefully crafted by hand. Starting from the inside out, first we have an incredible wide ranging selection of long filler leaves that include 2008 Nicaragua Esteli, 2010 Honduras La Entrada, 2008 Honduras Jamastran...

Produced in 2016 in Honduras, the Instant Classic Maduro is a limited batch that is truly a gem, and the Maduro Box-Press Toro is being released just to members of the Rare Cigar Club! This stick comes dressed in a Mexican San Andrés wrapper that holds a Costa Rican binder and is full of Nicaraguan long-fillers. When ready to enjoy, light it up and enjoy classic maduro notes of earth, spice, chocolate, and lingering sweetness.

Known also for their exquisite vodka, Hammer & Sickle cigars are one of the fastest growing boutique brands in the cigar industry after launching in 2010. Creator Eric Hanson adopted the hammer & sickle as the cigar’s logo but points out that it does not represent the Soviet Union but symbolizes Russia’s industrial north and agrarian south, and is a heritage symbol and not political. The Tradicion cigar you have in your shipment today embarks...

Something wicked this way comes… The Diesel Wicked is back. Having one of the best reputations in the business, Diesel cigars continue to impress. The Diesel Wicked is hand rolled in Nicaragua and is produced in extremely limited quantities due to the rare tobaccos that are used, including the jaw-dropping, dark, thick, oily, and dazzling broadleaf maduro ligero wrappers from Pennsylvania. Underneath is a hand selected top-priming Habano...

The Ashton Churchill in your shipment today is a gold standard benchmark to which all mild smokes can be compared and measured against. This Cigar Aficionado 90-rated smoke hails from the Dominican Republic and comes dressed in a sun-kissed Connecticut shade wrapper that hugs a Dominican binder and well-aged Dominican long-fillers. Perfect for any time of day, this mild smoke has rich and creamy notes of...