Illusione Epernay Le Elegance Petit Lancero
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Illusione Epernay Le Elegance Petit Lancero

Named for the Champagne town of Épernay in France, it was conceived as a more elegant, slightly milder counterpart to the original Illusione blend. It uses Nicaraguan Corojo and Criollo tobaccos with no ligero, finished in a Café Rosado wrapper, and produced at Raíces Cubanas in Honduras.

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La Aroma De Cuba Mi Amor
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La Aroma De Cuba Mi Amor

La Aroma de Cuba started as a Cuban brand in the late 1880s and is tied to Winston Churchill, who first encountered it in 1895. The Levin family of Ashton revived it in 2002 as a Honduran cigar, then moved production to Estelí, Nicaragua in 2009, where Pepín García and his family make it at My Father Cigars.

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Undercrown Maduro Toro
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Undercrown Maduro Toro

Undercrown Maduro is Drew Estate’s factory floor original, the blend that started as a house smoke at La Gran Fábrica in Estelí and became the first regular production line in the Undercrown family.

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Blackbird Cigar Co.   Cactus Wren
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Blackbird Cigar Co. Cactus Wren

Cactus Wren is a limited short-run release rather than a core line. It began as a collaboration between Jonas Santana and Tim Swanson of Cigars Daily, named for Arizona’s state bird and first offered through that Arizona-based platform.

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Principle Martinique Corona
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Principle Martinique Corona

Principle Cigars is Darren Cioffi’s boutique line: antique labels, short runs, and a long partnership with Hendrik Kelner Jr. at Kelner Boutique Factory in Santiago. Martinique is the house Connecticut—Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper, Dominican Monte Plata binder, Dominican and U.S. filler—built for creaminess with more flavor than that wrapper usually promises.

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Zino Honduras Half Corona
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Zino Honduras Half Corona

Zino Honduras, released in June 2026, is the next chapter in that modern lineup. It is framed as a return to the brand’s Honduran roots and a slightly more intense counterpart to Nicaragua.

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Crux Bull & Bear
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Crux Bull & Bear

Bull & Bear was one of the company’s first five blends and has stayed in the lineup since that debut. It’s a Nicaraguan puro, made at Plasencia Cigars S.A.

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Diamond Crown Maduro
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Diamond Crown Maduro

Diamond Crown belongs to J.C. Newman Cigar Company, Tampa’s oldest premium cigar maker. The modern line was created in 1995 for the company’s 100th anniversary, when Stanford Newman asked Carlos Fuente Sr. to help build an ultra premium cigar with no regard for cost or time.

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HVC Hot Cake Maduro Half Corona
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HVC Hot Cake Maduro Half Corona

HVC Cigars, founded by Reinier Lorenzo, produces its cigars in Estelí, Nicaragua, at Fábrica de Tabacos HVC S.A. Hot Cake was introduced in 2020 as a regular production line after the limited Pan Caliente release.

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West Tampa Tobacco White Toro
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West Tampa Tobacco White Toro

West Tampa Tobacco Co. launched in 2022 under Rick Rodriguez, former CAO blender, and Gus Martinez. The name honors West Tampa, where Rick’s Cuban grandparents settled as rollers in the 1950s after leaving Havana. White was one of two debut regular production lines, shipping in June 2022 from Garmendia Cigar Co.

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Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Presidente
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Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Presidente

The Presidente is the 6½ × 50 size. Early Don Carlos production was limited to a couple of vitolas. The Presidente released around 1997, when the line grew into a full size range. It remains a regular production cigar from Tabacalera A. Fuente.

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Plasencia Reserva Original
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Plasencia Reserva Original

A Nicaraguan puro made entirely from OCIA-certified organic leaf grown on family farms in Estelí and Jalapa and aged five years after fermentation. The Corona (6¼ × 44) was one of the original vitolas released with the line at the 2017 IPCPR show.

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Aganorsa Leaf Rare Leaf Corojo
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Aganorsa Leaf Rare Leaf Corojo

The Rare Leaf Reserve line uses specially selected tobacco lots from Aganorsa’s best farms. It is a Nicaraguan puro featuring a Jalapa Corojo wrapper, dual Criollo 98 binders, and a filler blend of Criollo 98 and Corojo 99.

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