Featured Cigars - March 2022

The Drew Estate Undercrown ShadyXX Subculture is actually the third collaboration between Shady Records and Drew Estate, but this is the first cigar that has regular production and national distribution. In fact, before you had to go to Shady’s hometown of Detroit, Michigan to find this smoke. Similar to the famed Undercrown Maduro line, this blend features a dark Mexican San Andrés wrapper that secures a Connecticut Habano binder and is then...

Christian Eiroa has taken the cigar world by storm with his 90+ rated Camacho family of brands, with the boutique brand Asylum being one of them. Handcrafted to near perfection in Honduras, this medium to full bodied blend features Honduran long-fillers that are secured by a Honduran Corojo binder and a dark Mexican San Andrés wrapper. Once lit, expect notes of espresso bean, earth, black pepper, and leather. Bold in flavor...

The CLE Connecticut shows the mellower side of Christian Eiroa who is usually known for his bolder and fuller cigars. This beauty features a flawless Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper atop a Honduran binder, and is full of aged long-fillers that are also from Honduras. Smooth, mellow, yet incredibly flavorful, expect notes of roasted nuts, cream, leather, and a pinch of spices. Rated a well-deserved 91 from Cigar Aficionado...

The Habano 460 is well constructed with a smooth, oily Nicaraguan Habano wrapper the color of milk chocolate. The binder is also Nicaraguan. The draw is almost perfect, the burn is fine, and the smoke has a great, spicy aroma. Panelists found the need to touch the cigar up just once or twice during the entire 90 minutes it took some to smoke it. (Others smoked it in an hour.) They had a hard time pinpointing the flavors, agreeing that they...

Introduced in 2004, the Victor Sinclair Primeros is a pleasantly mellow smoke featuring a golden brown Connecticut wrapper, a Dominican binder, and an aged filler blend of Dominican Seco tobaccos with a sliver of Ligero. This balanced blend offers superior smoothness that's mild and mellow, yet deep in silky, creamy flavors with a hint of sweet cedar and tobacco. Pair it with a vanilla porter or a Johnnie Walker Black Label.

Originally, the Reserva Original was released as Reserva Organic, and it is not only the first but the only fully organic blend in the world, made exclusively with tobaccos certified by the Organic Crop Improvement Association! This Nicaraguan puro features tobacco from Plasencia’s farms in Estelí and Jalapa, all of which is aged a minimum of five years. This smoke is said to have the same taste that would have captivated the Europeans over...

The Graycliff 10 Year Vintage Maduro Pirate is another top-notch cigar to come out of Honduras. This medium to full bodied smoke offers an ultra-refined and fully matured dark and oily Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, a delicious Honduran binder, and extensively aged, exquisite long-fillers from Honduras and Nicaragua. Light it up and find lots of smoke with a razor sharp burn and rich, deep flavors of cedar and cocoa...

The original Nat Sherman Epoca is named after their first premium offering in the cigar market in 1930, which was retired but was brought back to commemorate their history, and success! The Nat Sherman Epoca Reserva in your shipment today is the bolder brother of the original. Handmade in the Dominican Republic, the Epoca Reserva features a handsome wrapper leaf and binder from the Dominican Republic, then is packed full with a bold blend of...

Starting out as an entertainment lawyer and slowly making the transition into cigar maker, Rocky Patel not only made it through the cigar boom of the 1990s but has settled into being one of the most renowned cigar makers around. The Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 is the third installment of the unparalleled success of the Vintage line, and has racked up ratings of 90+ points. Unlike its counterparts from the same line, the ’99 Vintage isn’t boxed...