Before the holiday table is set and the season gets into full swing, there’s still time to enjoy a few bold favorites. The Before The Feast Cigar Sampler brings together five impressive selections built for those cool November evenings when a great cigar is the perfect way to settle in. From rich Nicaraguan character and dark, hearty tobacco to expertly crafted blends from some of the biggest names in the humidor, this collection delivers plenty of depth, strength, and variety. Consider it your warm-up for the season ahead—because the feast may be coming, but there’s no reason to wait to enjoy something good!
Montecristo Crafted by AJ Fernandez AJ Fernandez, master-blender extraordinaire, puts his spin on another legendary label with the Montecristo Crafted by AJ Fernandez. Made in AJ’s Cigars de Nicaragua factory in Estelí, this box pressed beauty is Fernandez’s take on a classic Medium to Full Bodied Romeo Heritage cigar. This mature, box-pressed, full-bodied cigar features a, Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper, a Mexican San Andrés binder, and Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers that have been carefully aged to perfection. This blend delivers faint notes of cocoa, licorice, leather, coffee and spice.
Cohiba Nicaragua Introduced in 2014, Cohiba Nicaragua marked the first time the Cohiba brand released a cigar built around a Nicaraguan core blend. Made at STG Estelí, the line combines a Honduran Colorado Oscuro wrapper with Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos from Jalapa and Estelí, giving the collection a profile that is richer and more assertive than the brand’s more traditional Dominican-made offerings.
Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf Cigars are the latest experimental blend from the brand that has always strived to create bold and innovative smokes. The third in the now famous experimental series, Double Broadleaf packs flavor into every inch of its profile thanks to its dual leaf construction. Utilizing a choice blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobacco, a double binder of Honduran and Nicaraguan leaves, and its joyful, specially created Honduran Maduro wrapper.
H Upmann Nicaragua AJ Fernandez Heritage H Upmann Nicaragua AJ Fernandez Heritage cigars team the brilliant mind of a tobacco auteur with the trusted, experienced craftsmen of a renowned brand. That brilliant mind is the one and only AJ Fernandez, who has joined forces with the aficionados at H. Upmann to put a new spin on the brand's traditional style cigars. Constructed using Cuban-seed tobacco from AJ Fernandez personal farm in Nicaragua, and gracefully rolled into a triple fermented Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper.
La Gloria Cubana Serie R Black Maduro If the Serie R Black wasn’t bold enough for you, La Gloria has upped the ante again with the La Gloria Cubana Serie R Black Maduro. Dark and mysterious, the La Gloria Black Maduro features an oily, rich Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper that is dark and inviting. The lusciously dark wrapper envelopes a blend of tobaccos that has been fermented for a year before being aged for another two and a half years! Thanks to this level of care, the La Gloria Cubana Serie R Black raises the bar in both flavor and strength, with powerful notes of earth, nuts, cocoa, and a spicy finish to boot.
** Substitutions may occur due to inventory fluctuations **
Montecristo Crafted by AJ Fernandez Figurado Oscuro (4 x 52)
Cohiba Nicaragua N50 Natural (5 x 50)
La Gloria Cubana Serie R Black Maduro No 56 - Churchill (7 x 56)
H Upmann Nicaragua AJ Fernandez Heritage Toro Natural (6 x 54)
Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf Robusto Natural (5 x 50)
** Substitutions may occur due to inventory fluctuations **