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CA Report: Top New Cigars (Sept 27 2021)

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The Best New Cigars in the Famous Smoke Shop Humidor!

Early Autumn is like the calm before the storm. Before the crush of the holidays. Before the shortened days and long cold nights—when there’s still opportunity to eke out some quality outdoors time with your favorite cigar. It’s also the time of year when I need to start replenishing my humidor stash after a long summer of cigar smoking enjoyment. Whether you’re looking for a new treat or simply stocking up on premiums, we have a topflight edition of Top New Cigars—featuring stunning cigars from Black Label Trading Company, Davidoff, and HVC.

Have you enjoyed a new cigar that you think should be on our must-smoke list? We’d love to hear from you! Please give us the details in the comments below!

 

HVC Serie A Toro Exclusivo

Wrapper: Nicaragua Corojo
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua

hvc serie a exclusivo toro at famous smoke shop

HVC Serie A Toro Exclusivo is an extremely limited, specially selected blend for the Famous Exclusivo program. But that’s not why it’s here. I had to include it because I can’t resist singing the praises of Serie A cigars. Featuring prime tobaccos sourced from Aganorsa’s Nicaraguan farms—grade A leaves—HVC Serie A Toro gives you everything you love from this blend, but in a longer vitola. That’s right, more goodness to go ‘round. And speaking of goodness, Serie A has all the flavors that make my palate sing including black pepper, hay, chocolate, cedar, almonds, and a leather that reminds me of my old baseball glove. In other words, this cigar is complex with a roller coaster of transitions—in the best possible way. Serie A is medium bodied, balanced, and a delight no matter the time of day.

 

Black Label Trading Company Last Rites Viaticum

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Maduro
Binder: Honduran Habano
Filler: Nicaragua and Honduras

black label trading company last rites viaticum cigar at famous smoke shop

Black Label Trading Company Viaticum was first released a couple years ago as a limited-edition extension of the Last Rites line—only being made available to select retailers. This edition is a regular release featuring the same top-shelf tobaccos from the previous blend—just in different proportions and from different parts of the plant. Viaticum is a rich, complex cigar that remains beautifully balanced throughout with fruit and floral notes alongside black pepper, baking spices, and a clean finish. If you’re looking for a full-bodied cigar blended with a deft touch and a bit of finesse, you won’t be disappointed with Last Rites Viaticum.

 

Davidoff Chefs Edition 2021

Wrapper: Ecuador Hybrid 238
Binder: Mexican San Andres Negro Seco
Filler: Dominican Hybrid 192 Seco, Piloto Seco, Piloto Viso, and San Vicente Ligero

davidoff chefs edition cigars at famous smoke shop

The Chefs Edition from Davidoff seeks to marry the best of the culinary world with the best of the cigar world. Using only the finest quality ingredients, Davidoff’s master blenders consulted with 4 chefs—with a total of 9 Michelin stars between them—to craft this latest masterpiece limited edition cigar. The end result is unlike anything I’ve ever tasted—a true 4 course gourmet meal in cigar form. The blend kicks off with notes of cream, before pepper and cedar come to the table. Then you’ll be greeted with spicy notes of cinnamon and nutmeg before the blend caps things off with coffee, caramel, and cocoa. The Davidoff Chefs Edition 2021 is the essence of a special occasion cigar worth savoring.

 

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Paul Lukens

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Paul first fell in love with the leaf back in college, where he majored in Philosophy (yes, seriously). Upon graduating, Paul stared into the abyss and unemployment stared back. He responded by founding the ‘Pounding Fathers,’ a traveling Beer Pong team with the other Philosophy grad at UMass. Aspiring to subsist on more than Ramen Noodles and Natural Ice, Paul put down his ping pong balls and picked up a pen - and a cigar - and began working in the premium cigar industry in 2013.

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