Featured Cigars - November 2023

For cigar aficionados, the Camacho brand is usually synonymous with “full”—as in full-bodied, full-flavored, and full of character. Their blends usually promise a powerful well-balanced smoke brimming with aromatic flavor. This is precisely why Camacho makers Christian and Julio Eiroa have developed such a loyal cult-like following. The Camacho Scorpion Sun Grown is full of rich, natural sweetness that is bursting with flavor. Handmade...

The original Big Payback was released as a high-end ‘thank you’ cigar to all the fans that helped get Room101 off the ground. It was wildly successful and soon went out of stock. Not wanting to disappoint, Matt Booth decided a follow-up was needed and developed the Big Payback Maduro. Handmade at General Cigar's Honduras American Tobacco S.A. factory, this smoke is filled to the brim with Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan fillers, features...

While some companies may become complacent, this Estelí-based company refuses to, and instead has created a variety of additional Man O’ War versions, including a series of modified blends and unique shapes and sizes that has become known as Man O’ War Side Projects. Each Side Project comes in a specific shape and size to complement the blend and all are a limited run. The Side Project that you have in your shipment today is the 52C, and boy...

Created in 2007, the San Cristobal brand has made waves throughout the cigar industry; in fact, the original San Cristobal line has a 95 rating with Cigar Aficionado. Normally known as a full bodied brand, the San Cristobal Elegancia you have in your shipment today shows the softer side of the brand. Hailing from Nicaragua, this stogie starts jam-packed with Nicaraguan long-fillers that are held together with a Nicaraguan binder, then is wrapped...

But it’s back now baby, and how! Today Free Cuba is still handmade in the Dominican Republic, but by a new manufacturer. The able hands of cigar maestro Jochy Blanco have made this smoke even better than ever. Thanks to his use of a Connecticut wrapper, Dominican binder, and Cuban-seed Dominican long-leaf fillers, Free Cuba lives up to its fiery name with premium flavor. This mild bodied smoke has creamy, smooth notes with hints of wood. Enjoy...

Named after Shakespeare’s literary masterpiece, Romeo y Julieta has been around for almost 150 years with its start in Cuba in 1875. After becoming incredibly popular during the 20th century, they moved to the Dominican Republic due to the Cuban Embargo where they have remained to this day. Today, cigar master José Seijas watches over the majority of Romeo y Julieta cigars and creates some of the most classic Cuban inspired cigars we all know...

The Montecristo No. 2 is a classic, and one of the original cigars Montecristo introduced in 1935. Full of exceptional Cuban-seed Dominican long-fillers and a Dominican binder, it is finished with the finest Ecuadorian Connecticut shade leaf. This combination gives a complex flavor profile of wood and earth, with notes of light tobacco and oak ending with a somewhat spicy finish. This Cigar Aficionado 93-rated cigar goes perfect with a...

The Noventa had been off the market for sometime; it was only intended as a one-time release to celebrate the family’s 90 years of tobacco growing. It was widely believed that there were no more of these cigars available, until Charlie Toraño (the current leader of the company) let it slip that there were indeed more. This is a truly special cigar; a Nicaraguan puro, the Noventa is blended using a vintage mixture of premium five year old...

The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua hails from Nicaragua (bet you didn’t see that one coming!) and was honored as the #1 Cigar of 2019 by Cigar Aficionado with a rating of 96! A puro through and through, everything about this cigar screams Nicaragua with the wrapper, binder, and long fillers all coming from there. Medium to full in body, you’ll find this smoke is full of flavor with chocolate, wood, caramel, and toasted almond. Our panel...