West Tampa Tobacco Co. West Tampa Red
West Tampa Red, the third regular-production line, was announced in early 2023 and began shipping in May 2023. It uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper with a Nicaraguan Condega binder and fillers from Condega and Estelí, produced at Garmendia Cigars Co. in Estelí, Nicaragua.
El Septimo Culinary Art Collection Japan Nigori
El Septimo released the Culinary Art Collection at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show. The Japan Nigori is the Japanese-inspired entry in the line, made at the brand’s factory in Costa Rica and built around the idea of pairing with nigori sake.
AJ Fernandez Last Call Maduro
AJ Fernandez, the Estelí-based Nicaraguan maker known for a wide range of regular-production lines and factory collaborations, introduced Last Call as the first release in his Portfolio Series. The blend began as a private smoke that Fernandez shared with guests at his Casa Blanca estate during the final quarter of NFL games, functioning as the evening’s last cigar.
El Mago Alakazam Short Robusto
El Mago Cigars, founded by Nicholas Fusco in 2022, released the Alakazam Short Robusto as a limited edition compact format. The 3½ by 50 Nicaraguan puro uses a Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers and is handmade at MGE Cigars Factory in Estelí.
Johnny Tobacconaut Connecticut
Room101’s Johnny Tobacconaut is a space-themed cigar with a mascot to match and a few lives behind it. Room101 launched it at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans as a Nicaraguan puro out of Honduras. When Room101 and Davidoff parted ways, the line went on hiatus. It resurfaced as a limited Luxury Cigar Club exclusive called Chapter 1, with a new Ecuadorian Connecticut and Nicaraguan blend in a 6 x 56 figurado.
Illusione ULTRA MKULTRA 2026
Illusione is a cigar brand founded by Dion Giolito. The MKULTRA began in 2006 as a production run that came out stronger than intended and was sold through retailer NHC Cigars. In 2011 the blend returned as the ~ULTRA~ MKULTRA, a full production line in four sizes with an all-Nicaraguan blend and a corojo wrapper.
Ferio Tego Timeless Prestige Torpedo
Timeless Prestige is the original Timeless line, first released in 2012 and later renamed along the way before settling on its current name. It’s made at the Quesada factory in the Dominican Republic. The blend combines six tobaccos from three countries: a Honduran wrapper, a Dominican binder, and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers.
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Polpetta
From Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, the boutique maker founded by Steve Saka under the “puros sin compromiso” ethos, comes the Polpetta (Italian for “meatball”). This handmade puro elevates the sandwich style cigar using carefully sorted chaveta cuts from the brand’s top Broadleaf ligas: Mi Querida (including Triqui Traca and Black), Umbagog, and Red Meat Lovers. These are paired with two long leaf tripas, a San Andrés Negro binder, and outside cuts of Broadleaf capa.
Caldwell Yellow Cake
Yellow Cake was introduced in 2014 as an event-only release. The original was a small corona made with leftover tobaccos from other Caldwell lines, including a Dominican Corojo wrapper used on Long Live the King and fillers from Eastern Standard and The King Is Dead. Production took place at Tabacalera William Ventura in the Dominican Republic, and the cigars were packaged in simple paper bundles for events.
Aganorsa Leaf Validacion Corojo
Aganorsa has long been behind some of the most sought-after cigars in the industry, and its Aganorsa Leaf line puts the company’s own name on the band. In 2022, the brand rebranded its core lines, formerly the Casa Fernandez range, as the La Validación Series, with a fresh look and uniform sizes across the blends. The name refers to the quality control process each cigar goes through before release, with “validación” being Spanish for validation.
Tradecraft Cigars Gladius
The Gladius is the foundation of the Tradecraft Cigars core line, and the brand says it embodies everything they love and look for in a blend. Made by Wiber Ventura at Tabacalera William Ventura, the cigar “boasts perfect construction in all its vitolas,” according to Tradecraft. The name nods to the Roman Empire and the short sword carried by its legionaries into battle.
Roma Craft Tobac Cromagnon Anthropology
RoMa Craft Tobac builds its reputation on small batch production and bold blending from its Nica Sueño factory in Estelí. The CroMagnon line stands as one of the brand’s earliest and most recognized series, drawing its name from prehistoric themes and delivering full bodied profiles that have defined the company since its early days.
Drop Cigar Club The Mascot
DROP Cigar Club is the boutique cigar shop and club founded by Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars, where small-batch and limited releases are the main event. “The Mascot” is named after the cigar-smoking ghost that serves as DROP’s mascot and shows up on their stickers and merch. It’s meant to be approachable and easy on the wallet, and it’s a natural first pick for anyone new to the brand.
El Septimo Culinary Art Collection Rioja
El Septimo released the Culinary Art Collection at the 2024 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show in Las Vegas. Shipping began during the show. The line is made at the company’s factory in Costa Rica and is built around pairing cigars with wine regions in France, Italy, Japan, and Spain.
E.P. Carillo Pledge Prequel
E.P. Carrillo sent the Pledge out in September 2020 as the third chapter of the Perez-Carrillo Series, after La Historia and Encore, and the Prequel was the size that led it. A soft box pressed 5 x 50, rolled at Tabacalera La Alianza in Santiago, Connecticut Habano wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder and Nicaraguan filler.
Wildfire Cigar Co. Wanderer
Wildfire Cigar Co. is the brand Jeremy McDonald launched in 2021. Wanderer is a regular production line he showed at the 2023 Total Product Expo and shipped that March, alongside the limited Intro.
Tatuaje Monster Smash Jason
Tatuaje is Pete Johnson’s brand, with its cigars rolled at My Father in Estelí. The Monster Series, launched in 2008, is one of its limited Halloween lines: each release is named and packaged after a film monster, and each carries its own blend.
Espinosa Crema Corona
Espinosa Crema is the milder side of Espinosa Premium Cigars, the company Erik Espinosa built after his years with the 601 brand. The line came out in 2016 as Espinosa’s first Connecticut-wrapped cigar, made at La Zona in Estelí, Nicaragua.
My Father Blue Petit Robusto
My Father Blue is the García family’s first cigar made in Honduras. My Father Cigars, the house built by José “Pepín” García and long associated with its Estelí factory and the Miami shop where the family started, opened a new operation around Finca La Opulencia, its farm in Honduras’s Talanga region, and a factory in El Paraíso. Blue is the first blend to come out of that project.
Oz Family Karatoba
OZ Family Cigars is Tim Ozgener's return to the industry after the family sold CAO. Karatoba, released in 2025, is the brand's fourth regular-production line and its first made at Nicaragua American Cigars S.A. (NACSA). The name joins kara, Turkish for dark, with Lake Toba, the volcanic lake in Sumatra.
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