Featured Cigars - June 2023

The Felipe II Fat Boy Extra Short Robusto you have in your shipment today was handmade at the famous La Aurora factory, the first established factory in the Dominican Republic. This chunky stick features a beautiful Indonesian Maduro wrapper that hugs an Indonesian binder and Dominican long-fillers from two different leaves from the Cibao Valley. Pour yourself an aged rum like Havana Club Añejo Clásico on a warm summer evening and enjoy mild...

Originally a Cuban brand, Perla del Mar is now a unique addition to the J.C. Newman portfolio. Perla del Mar literally means “Pearl of the Sea,” and legend states that some of the earliest explorers to Cuba discovered a golden leaf and named it Perla del Mar. The relaunch of this historic brand comes from the same boutique factory as such top-quality brands as Brick House and El Baton cigars. The Perla del Mar Maduro is a successor to the...

Born into a family of Cuban cigar makers, Evelio Oviedo has a rich history in the cigar industry. After working at the H. Upmann Factory in Havana, Cuba for 23 years, he decided to open a factory with the Mendez Organization in San Gonzales Dos Campos, Brazil. Once finished there, he moved to Miami, FL with the intent of retirement. Nestor Plasencia, however, had other plans for Evelio. While experiencing some mysterious production problems...

La Perla Habana is generally regarded as one of today's top boutique brands, consistently receiving high ratings from Cigar Insider, Cigar Aficionado, and Smoke Magazine alike. Sergio Cuevas and Doug Wood, two of the industry's most respected entrepreneurs, took it upon themselves to recreate this well-known Cuban brand and today La Perla Habana is among the most coveted brands produced. They have created a cigar which is a testament to their...

The boys at Drew Estate have caused quite a stir in the cigar industry in the last few years. With the release of a multitude of unique brands, they're quickly becoming known for producing high quality, premium smokes – including the Undercrown. The Undercrown started when the rollers who were responsible for rolling their ultra-high-end Liga Privada #9 were told to stop smoking the blend as the cigar production was already behind demand. The...

The CAO Expedición 2020 in your shipment today was exclusively created for the members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) in 2020. While most of CAO cigars are made at the STG Estelí Factory in Nicaragua, this unique addition to the CAO portfolio was made at the STG Danlí Factory in Honduras. Starting from the inside working our way out, the Expedición 2020 features a tri-country blend of fillers from Nicaragua, the Dominican...

Ashton Distributors have owned several cigar brands for more than 25 years. Though there are several other micro-brands out there in the cigar market, there are very few that have been built as well as Ashton’s La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor, which was Cigar Aficionado’s #2 cigar of 2011. The La Aroma de Cuba Reserva is the follow up to the wildly successful Mi Amor, and it doesn’t feature a drastic overhaul but instead tweaks the existing...

Macanudo cigars are produced by the General Cigar Company which since 1848 has been producing fine cigars such as Bolivar, Cifuentas, Cohiba, Partagas, and Punch, among others. Their Macanudo line is known for its smoothness and consistency. "Macanudo" in Spanish means "best of the best," or "first-rate,” and the Macanudo Especiale definitely fits the bill. This limited production premium handmade has had quite the journey. It starts with...

Founded by the late Zino Davidoff, Davidoff cigars are the epitome of pleasure and the good life, and the Zino Platinum Scepter Series is both. Handmade with the utmost care in the Dominican Republic, the Scepter Series is a truly handsome cigar wrapped with a shiny, golden brown Connecticut wrapper from Ecuador. Underneath is a Dominican binder and a delicious blend of long-fillers from Peru and the Dominican Republic that have been patiently...