Featured Cigars - December 2023

Hailing from Honduras, the La Palina Classic Natural is sure to win a permanent place in your humidor. This medium bodied cigar features a handsome Honduran wrapper that secures an Ecuadorian binder and a bevy of long-fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Complex and balanced down to the nub, this stogie has notes of spice, earth, and caramel. Our panel loved this cigar and recommended pairing it with a dry Riesling such...

The smoke you have in your shipment is truly a work of art, and the rumor on the streets is that it’s even Glen Case’s favorite smoke. This one of a kind cigar features a tri-country blend of Cuban-seed Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan long-fillers, a Cuban-seed Dominican binder, and an almost black, uber oily, Brazilian Maduro wrapper. The stogie itself has a bit of a rustic look with a rough foot. Loaded with flavor, this full-bodied...

Latitude Zero is a fairly new boutique cigar brand that hails from one of the largest tobacco growers in the world, which also has one of the biggest libraries of premium tobacco leaves used in some of the most premium blends on the planet: Oliva Tobacco Company. What makes this high-end brand unique is that all of their cigars are crafted using the top 1% of their tobaccos, and the Latitude Zero El Centro in your shipment today is no...

Handcrafted in the Dominican Republic, this stogie features a bevy of tobaccos from Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua that is secured with a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and topped with a silky Honduran Connecticut wrapper leaf. Boxed-pressed to perfection, this smoke is medium in body and will lend notes of cream, cinnamon, and white pepper. Complex yet approachable, our panel recommended...

Current production of the Bahia Maduro is limited to 300,000 cigars a year. With its dark, slightly oily maduro wrapper, you’re in for a full-bodied experience and a real treat. The finest Connecticut Shade broadleaf wrapper marries beautifully with both the Cuban-seed Nicaraguan fillers and a three-year old Nicaraguan Habano binder. Whenever it is rated, this cigar earns the highest reviews. Look for an even burn and easy draw. We picked up...

Though Gurkha makes many different lines of boutique cigars, the Crest (also known as Le Grande) easily ranks among Gurkha’s finest creations. High in demand, the Crest is hand-rolled in Nicaragua and is crafted with a vintage mixture of Cuban-seed long-fillers from Nicaragua's top growing regions that is hugged by a premium Nicaraguan binder. On top is a chewy and thick Connecticut broadleaf maduro wrapper that is aged a minimum of nine...

The man behind the highly rated 601 brand, Erik Espinosa, is back! To say he knows cigars is an understatement – to say the least – as he’s worked with Alec Bradley, Gurkha, Rocky Patel, and Drew Estate, just to name a few. Born in Cuba, Erik is one of the best in the business and has just about mastered every aspect of the cigar industry while earning high ratings for his impressive 601 creations. Hailing from the La Zona factory in Nicaragua...

The CAO Black in your shipment today is one the first regularly made cigars by CAO and can only be found at a handful of selected retailers. Handmade in Honduras, each stogie is individually wrapped. The cigar starts with a stunning dark brown Connecticut-seed wrapper grown in Ecuador, is bound with a zesty Nicaraguan Habano leaf, and is finished with a well-aged three country blend from Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Take off the cedar...

Worldwide, AVO sells over three million cigars annually – a big jump from its first year production of 100,000 cigars back in 1988. The brand was created from the passion of fine tobacco possessed by one Avo Uvezian, the son of a family of musicians from Beirut. Avo moved from Beirut to New York to study piano at Julliard and after opening a restaurant and piano bar in Puerto Rico in the early ‘80s, he discovered his love for cigars. After...