Featured Cigars - August 2023

5 Vegas and the legendary A.J. Fernandez combined forces to craft the 5 Vegas Triple-A you have in your shipment today. Hand rolled in Nicaragua, this special smoke employs a rich and oily Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper that secures a Nicaraguan binder. Underneath is a bold mix of Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Ligeros procured from the growing regions of Estelí, Condega, and last but not least, Jalapa. This full bodied smoke will have your palate...

General Cigar has been delivering high-quality cigars since 1848, including such greats as Bolivar, Cifuentes, Cohiba, Partagas, Punch, and Macanudo, which is what you have received today. Macanudo is one of the top selling cigars in the world due to their consistently mild and pleasant character and exceptional construction. Macanudo is also a brand that doesn’t do gimmicks, ploys, stories, or anything with crazy marketing; they have stayed...

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 mild to medium-bodied smoke is well-constructed, using all-Dominican long filler leaves, a Dominican binder, and a handsome Connecticut leaf wrapper. Our panelists were impressed by its excellent construction, easy draw and nice burn. They also felt these...

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 Nat Sherman brand was dissolved over the last couple of years and the blends were purchased by former executives of Nat Sherman, Michael Herklots and Brendon Scott, who rebranded the blends under the new name of Ferio Tego. Hand-rolled in Davidoff’s Honduran factory, Diadema Cigars de Honduras S.A., the Metropolitan Host Maduro is the same blend as it was before with a well-aged Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper leaf, a Honduran binder...

Some have said that the La Palina Black Label is La Palina’s strongest offering to date. Hailing from the Dominican Republic, the La Palina Black Robusto starts with Dominican and Nicaraguan long-leaf ligeros that are secured by Nicaraguan and Dominican binders and finished with a silky and oily ultra-dark Brazilian Bahiano wrapper. Together, this powerhouse blend features notes of cocoa, dried fruits, and charred wood that remains balanced...

With its glistening mahogany-colored Honduran Trojes Corojo wrapper, its slight box-press and its triple cap, Alec Bradley's Prensado is definitely a looker! The blend consists of Nicaraguan and Honduran tobaccos and the binder is Nicaraguan Jalapa. Alan Rubin, Alec Bradley's founder and president, calls Prensado his strongest blend to date. Look for the medium to full-bodied cigar to start with sheer power and a ton of flavor from the first...

We bring you this powerful, full-bodied and extraordinarily flavorful beauty from the cigar capital of Nicaragua, Estelí. Handmade under the eye of Nestor Plasencia, the blend is cloaked by a dark and fragrant Nicaraguan habano wrapper. Thick and oily, this leaf—which oozes flavor and a spicy, peppery kick—is a marvel to look at. The true power of this cigar comes from its long-leaf combination of extensively aged, high-priming, all ligero...

Cigar master Daniel Nunez has created a beauty that was introduced in 2006 at the RTDA (Retail Tobacco Dealers of America) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Featuring a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper that is oily, dark, and hearty, the Cohiba Black is filled with a blend of Dominican Piloto Cubano long-leaf fillers, then is bound with a Connecticut Broadleaf that has been aged in tercio for three years. In case you don’t know, a tercio is an...