Cigar Guidebook2018

Camacho Connecticut

Oliva Serie 'V' Melanio

Flavor: Mild • Selection: Toro (6x50) • Price: $8.99

Filler: Honduras/Dominican Republic • Binder: Honduras Wrapper: Ecuador

Filler: Nicaragua • Binder: Nicaragua • Wrapper: Ecuador

Flavor: Medium • Selection: Robusto (5x52) • Price: $10.99

Cigar of the Year 2014

86ex

cellent

94outstanding

From the start, this smoke shows intense levels of creaminess that helps to round out the spice and sweetness of the Corojo binder. Its combination of Dominican and Honduran tobac-cos add to the profoundness of the flavor profile. The Connecticut wrapper pulls the blend together and helps to enhance the overall experience.

The smoke is silky, sweet, and at times, intense with toast and cedar; The Serie V is full flavored yet smooth. Beautifully box pressed, this silky robusto finesses the palate with a toasty smoke that is sweet and intense with cedar and maple before segueing into a rich and nutty nougat-like finish. A balanced cigar. The long filler tobaccos are a blend of Oliva Nicaraguan

Habano that emphasizes tobacco from the Jalapa region, an area known for a more nuanced leaf than the Esteli or

Condega regions. This carefully aged Jalapa blend pro-duces a particularly flavored smoke.

Camacho American Barrel Aged

Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro

Flavor: Medium-Full • Selection: Toro (6x50) • Price: $12.99

Dark and rustic with gnarly veins on the wrapper. Clear im-pressions of vanilla bean and nuts come through before an earth cocoa note and a charred-oak finish. Sweet bourbon aromas and oaky flavors combine to form a richness that is balanced, but with a fiery disposition. A truly ex-ceptional taste profile that is 100% unique and yet undeniably Camacho.

Filler: Connecticut & Pennsylvania Broadleaf, Honduras Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf

Filler: Nicaragua • Binder: Nicaragua Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf

Flavor: Full • Selection: Robusto (5x50) • Price: $10.99

89

excellent

95classic

Sharply pressed with a dark, pristine wrapper. Strong, earthy smoke underscores bit-tersweet chocolate notes along with vanilla bean and a caramel sweetness. The ci-gars are also trunk-pressed, giving them an attrac-tive appearance that hints at the bold blend of Nic-araguan tobacco under the broadleaf wrapper- and they harmonize beautifully, imparting earthy, nut-ty notes and bittersweet chocolate with the sweeter properties of the wrapper.

Ashton SymmetryFlavor: Medium-Full • Selection: Robusto (5x50) • Price: $13.99

94

outstanding

Ashton and Arturo Fuente have teamed up to create a scrumptious, medium-bodied morsel. Symmetry also serves as the first Ashton-branded cigar to contain Nicara-guan tobacco. A perfect Ecuadorian Habano wrapper that’s oily, smooth, and golden brown is accented by a Domini-can binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan long-fillers. This well-proportioned blend offers notes of cinnamon, caramel, and a hint of white pepper on the finish. Naturally, it holds true to the smoothness and balance that Ashton is known for.

Rated #6 Cigar of the Year 2017

Filler: Nicaragua & Dominican Republic Binder: Dominican Republic Wrapper: Ecuador

Alec Bradley TempusFiller: Honduras & Nicaragua • Binder: Honduras & Indonesia Wrapper: Honduras

Flavor: Full • Selection: Robusto (5.5x55) • Price: $9.99

Rated #5 Cigar of the Year 2017

94

outstanding

Here it is, quite possibly the crowning achievement of Alec Bradley Cigars. Tempus is truly boutique, right down to the tobaccos used. The Habano-seed wrapper hails from a small tobacco field located on the border of Nicaragua and Hondu-ras, capturing the rich, hearty flavors of Honduras. This leaf

is dark and leathery, and conceals a complex mixture of Cuban-seed long-fillers grown in both Nicaragua and

Honduras. The cigar explodes with rich, but smooth flavors noting toasted wood and nuts. The finish is

long and peppery with an enjoyable sweetnes s.

Drew Estate ACID Blondie Belicoso

Drew Estate ACID Cold Infusion Tea

Flavored Cigars

Flavor: Mild - Medium (Mellow & sweet) Selection: Belicoso (5x54) • Price: $6.99

Flavor: Mild (Sweet tea & herbal aromas) Selection: Panatela (6.7x44) • Price: $6.99

Acid Blondie Belicoso Connecticut is mild to medium in body with the Blondie shape finished in a pigtail head. Blondie cigars are mainstays with their mellow and sweet blends and captivating aromas. Ringed in metallic blue, this line is the careful combination of the finest mild cigar tobac-cos and aromatic blending.

The Cold Infusion Tea is made with supreme-ly aged, black tobaccos from Nicaragua’s finest growing regions inside a silky Connecticut shade wrapper. The result is a refreshing bouquet with soft aromas and smooth, creamy nuances that are rich to the core.

Drew Estate ACID Kuba Kuba

Drew Estate ACID Kuba Kuba Maduro

Flavor: Mild (Sweet floral aroma) Selection: Robusto (5x54) • Price: $6.99

Flavor: Mild - Medium (Sweet floral aroma) Selection: Robusto (5x54) • Price: $6.99

The famous Kuba Kuba was one of the first cigars to start the ACID revolution. This hearty Robusto contains Nicaraguan Cuban-seed long filler tobac-cos that are covered in a handsome Connecticut shade-grown wrapper. The finished product is in-fused with natural herbs and essential oils for an astoundingly distinct flavor and sweet floral aroma.

A darker, richer twist of the traditional ACID Kuba Kuba. It’s a twist on their original Sumatra wrapper. Fans liked the original but shouted “give us Maduro!” So here we have the Kuba Kuba Maduro. It’s a little sweeter than the Sumatra wrapper, and infused with the same herbs as the original.

Drew Estate Tabak Especial Dulce

Drew Estate Tabak Especial Negra Maduro

Flavor: Mild - Medium (Coffee/Cappuccino) Selection: Toro (6x52) • Price: $6.99

Flavor: Medium (Coffee/Espresso) Selection: Toro (6x52) • Price: $6.99

Few combinations feel more natural than tobacco and coffee. Drew Estate introduced the combina-tion when concocting the Tabak Especial infused cigar. Tabak Especial is the Nicaraguan experience at its finest: a superior blend of premium Nicaraguan fillers infused with the essences of rich Nicaraguan fair-trade coffee.

A darker version of the Drew Estate Tabak Especial Dulce, utilizing a maduro wrapper. Few combina-tions feel more natural than tobacco and coffee. Drew Estate introduced the combination when concocting the Tabak Especial infused cigar. Tabak Especial is the Nicaraguan experience at its finest: a superior blend of premium Nicaraguan fillers infused with the essences of rich Nicaraguan fair-trade coffee.

Drew Estate Natural Big DirtFlavor: Medium - Full (Hints of mocha) Selection: Torpedo (5x52) • Price: $6.99

The Natural cigar line by Drew Estate is a cigar you have to try. Each is handmade in Esteli, Nicaragua with a host of different gourmet long-leaf tobaccos from Syria, Haiti, Turkey, Dominican Republic and St. James Parish. Exceptional draw leading to incom-parable flavor. These cigars impart a unique, distinc-tive taste which you won’t find anywhere else. The Natural line employs no flavoring agents.