Cigar of The Month Club 05/22

Cigar of The Month Club May ’22

Liga Undercrown 10 Toro by Drew Estate (6×52) No.1 Cigar of 2021 by Cigar & Spirits Magazine! Drew Estate’s new ultra-premium addition to the Liga Undercrown line. Rolled with the highest priming of a Mexican San Andres leaf wrapper, Connecticut River Valley Broadleaf binder (same as the Liga Privada T-52 wrapper) with select & rare Nicaraguan long-filler tobaccos. Undercrown 10 offers smokers a medium-full body premium experience with tasting notes of naturally sweet tobacco, chocolate, hints of raisin, coffee & cocoa, intense black pepper along with notes of sun-dried cherries, licorice, spice, wood, earth, & a slight creaminess. MSRP $12.00

Espinosa Laranja Reserva Escuro Toro (6×52) 94-Rated, No.1 Cigar of the Year 2020 by Cigar Snob Magazine! Hand crafted at AJ Fernandez San Lotano cigar factory in Nicaragua using the same bold Nicaraguan long-fillers & binder blend found on the original Laranja Reserva, but with a dark Brazilian Mata Fina Box-Press wrapper. Espinosa Laranja Reserva Escuro cigars are full bodied, smooth & extremely flavorful cigars. This was a flavor bomb for me with complex notes of leather, chocolate, earth, candied almonds, coffee & cedar on a long finish with a sweet creamy core. Box Worthy & a Standout in Flavor, Hope Your Enjoy! MSRP $12.02

Aganorsa Leaf Rare Leaf Reserve Robusto (5.25×52) is a top shelf Nicaraguan Puro boutique cigar rolled in Nicaragua with Nicaraguan Criollo 98 & Corojo 99 long-filler, a dual Criollo 98 binder & Nicaraguan Aganorasa Leaf wrapper. The signature Aganorsa Leaf cigars has a complex flavor profile with a medium-full body tasting notes of cedar, earth, black pepper & cinnamon followed by aged tobacco flavors, leather, earth, almonds, chocolate, bread & peanuts on a long finish. A very well-rounded cigar time & time again. MSRP $11.50

Ace Prime The Sergeant PCA Exclusive 2021 (5×58) A premium boutique cigar rolled at Tabacalera Pichardo in Nicaragua distributed by Crowned Heads cigars. The Ace Prime Sergeant come in one large ring gauge using an Ecuadorian Corojo 99 wrapper covering Nicaragua long-fillers providing a sweet medium bodied smoke. We normally do not include this large of a cigar in COTM, but the Sergeant had a sweet flavor & was a fun chewy smoke with medium body notes of thick leather, oak, nuts, sweet earth & cedar with some milk chocolate, caramel, black pepper, coffee & sweet berries on the finish. Make sure you get a nice deep cut on the cap. MSRP $10.50

H.Upmann by AJ Fernandez Heritage Robusto (5×52) *NEW SPRING 2022 RELEASE* a Rafael Nodel x AJ Fernandez collaboration that is rolled in Nicaragua comprised of 100% Cuban-seed Nicaraguan tobacco grown on AJ Fernandez farms with a beautiful dark Brazilian Mata Fina leaf wrapper. H.Upmann Nicaragua Heritage by AJ Fernandez Cigars are a medium to full-bodied with a very bold & rich smoke providing tasting notes of sweet spice, leather & oak at first followed by dark fruit, espresso, chocolate and heavy earth. MSRP $10.00

Smokin Joes Skoden Corona by Robert Caldwell 2nd Edition (5×42) blended by Robert Caldwell & rolled at the Tabacalera Willam Ventura Factory in Dominican Republic with vintage Dominican Piloto Cubano & Nicaraguan Habano long-filler, a Sumatra binder & Arapiraca wrapper for medium body notes with creamy earthy flavors, & a rich oily long finish. The SJ Skoden Corona was originally gifted to me from Robert Caldwell as his personal cigar. Robert now allows us to use the Skoden cigar blend as a limited release since 2018 of which portions of the proceeds have benefited the Tuscarora Language Program, a 501( c)3 Non-Profit. MSRP $7.50