Featured Cigars - March 2024

Nub, the brainchild of Sam Leccia, who spent a number of years working for the Oliva cigar family, is a novel concept. Sam believes that every cigar has a sweet spot where, at some point during the smoke, it achieves the pinnacle of its flavors. He was driven to see if he could create a cigar that would capture this sweet spot from the very first puff and hold it to the very last. Thus, the Nub brand was born. The design is for function, not...

Consistently ranked among the finest cigars in the world, Graycliff is among the most prestigious—and expensive—brands on the market today, out of the reach of many of us. Happily, the new G2 has a significantly ‘lighter’ price tag but represents the same standards for quality and care. Note the silky-smooth Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut wrapper with its oily sheen. It cloaks a Nicaraguan binder leaf and an exquisitely aged blend of long-fillers...

Diesel cigars have one of the best reputations in the business and so does the mastermind behind the brand, Abdel “A.J.” Fernandez. He is known for the Man O’ War, Rocky Patel’s Fusion, Man O’ War Ruination and ITC 10th Anniversary, among other stellar sticks. The Diesel Rage that you have in your shipment today is nothing short of stellar and showcases a blend – straight from AJ’s farms in Nicaragua – of Cuban-seed Nicaraguan long-fillers...

The Classic Havana may hail from Nicaragua but the taste will take you straight to Cuba. Story has it that the guys at Gurkha have been searching for years for the perfect concoction for a Cuba-esque smoke. In fact, this one was tweaked over twenty times before they knew they had achieved the ultimate Havana smoke. Boy did they. Starting from the inside and working our way out, this blend starts with Nicaraguan fillers and binder that are...

The Toraño Hogshead may have an interesting name, but the name actually makes perfect sense. Besides conjuring images of an actual hog’s head with an apple in its mouth being served at your next medieval-style feast, the term hogshead refers to a large wooden barrel that was used to store tobacco or alcohol and to make transporting these items easier back in the colonial times. Since transporting items back in that era took days or even...

Dias de Gloria is crafted with tobaccos from four of Fernandez’s most mature farms, all of which are near Estelí, Nicaragua, and much of the blend has seen extensive aging up to seven years prior to rolling. This Nicaraguan puro, which boasts a gorgeous sun-grown wrapper, offers up a medium-bodied smoke with toasty notes backed up by vanilla, leather, earth, coffee, and pepper-like spice. We’re pairing ours with a bold...

Ave Maria has always been known for their exquisite label art and packaging as well as being one of the best cigars in the industry, and the Argentum is another prime example. This stunning stogie will take you to Ave Maria’s dark side with powered up intensity while still maintaining Ave Maria’s signature smooth and creamy profile. The Morning Star (perfecto) vitola is particularly stunning; this handsome Nicaraguan handmade features an ultra-dark and oily Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro...

Man O' War is carefully blended and hand-crafted by Abdel “AJ” Fernandez in Estelí, Nicaragua. If you haven’t heard of him then you may have heard of his list of clients which includes Ernie Padilla, Rocky Patel, and Kaizad Hansotia, among others. Born in Cuba, AJ began working with tobacco at a very young age under the watchful eye of cigar legend Alejandro Robaina, considered the Godfather of Cuban cigars. Over 40 years ago, in the...

The Lost & Found Paradise Lost was originally released in 2014 with only 2306 sticks rolled. The Lost & Found Paradise Lost V2 Maduro Hologram in your shipment today is Paradise Lost 2.0 featuring a special hologram band and an enhanced blend of the original. Looking past the holographic band you’ll see a handsome and dark Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper that was hand selected, which secures a Dominican Criollo wrapper leaf binder and a mix...