Foundation Cigars The Tabernacle

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium is getting the Foundation Cigars The Tabernacle.  The Foundation Cigars The Tabernacle is Foundation Cigar Company’s newest super premium cigar, boasting a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and some of Nicaragua’s finest fillers. It is a combination of tastes that calls on founder Nicholas Melillo’s roots in the Connecticut River Valley and also his work with the finest artisanal tobacco batches in Nicaragua. “I want to show my love for Connecticut Broadleaf,” says Melillo. “I was born in New Haven where, at the turn of the century, there were many cigar factories.” Beneath the Connecticut Broadlef wrapper, The Tabernacle uses a San Andreas Mexico binder and filler from Jamastran Valley in Honduras and the Esteli and Jalapa Valley in Nicaragua.

Also wanting to continue showcasing the flavors of northern Nicaragua, Melillo blended The Tabernacle at AJ Fernandez’s factory in Estelí. “AJ grows some of his tobacco on the farm, La Soledad, where I lived on when I first moved to Estelí in 2003. I know firsthand that AJ’s farm is blessed with the perfect location for growing filler tobaccos. He has incredible tobacco inventories and gave me full access to some of his best leaf for this project.”

The Foundation Cigars The Tabernacle box tells the story of the cigar’s name. The artwork features an image of none other than Haile Selassie, 225th King of Abyssinia, whose lineage traces directly to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The reference to “tabernacle” is as a container for the Ark of the Covenant.” The Tabernacle cigars are rolled in Nicaragua at Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA).

Winston Churchill The Late Hour – Arriving Soon!

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, a Davidoff Appointed Merchant, has leaned that the new Winston Churchill The Late Hour is arriving soon.

Davidoff has amped up its popular Winston Churchill blend by adding Nicaraguan Condega tobaccos that are fermented six months in single malt Sacotch whisky barrels. The new blend is called Winston Churchill The Late Hour. The Winston Churchill The Late Hour has a shiny and oily Habano Ecuador wrapper, and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos that are grown in the mineral rich volcanic soils of Condega and Estelì, adding spiciness and depth of character to the cigar.

The Nicaraguan Condega Visus tobaccos are aged in Scotch single malt whisky casks and give a mysterious sweetness and depth of flavor. The leaves are firmly pressed inside the casks. As the temperature in the closed casks rises, the tobacco enters a fermentation process. For the next six months the tobacco absorbs the aromas of the cask and whisky. The cask aging is responsible for the sweet tones and the full flavor.

The Nicaraguan (Estelì Visus and Condega Visus) and Dominican (San Vicente Mejorado Visus, Piloto Seco and Olor Visus) filler tobaccos, the dark Mexican San Andrés binder, combined with the dark chocolate wrapper, provide very complex and robust flavors in the Winston Churchill The Late Hour. The Late Hour’s aromas tantalize the palate with varying layers of black pepper, dark coffee, sweetness, old leather, wood and spiciness.

To browse the Winston Churchill The Late Hour at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, click here, or one of the pictures below.

Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour are packaged in 20 count black boxes.

Winston Churchill The Late Hour is offered in three formats.

Davidoff Master Selection 2013 – Shipping next week

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, a Davidoff Appointed merchant, has just learned that the Davidoff Master Selection 2013 will be shipping next week.  Once only enjoyed by Davidoff Master Blender Eladio Diaz and very close friends, this private-blend connoisseur’s cigar is now available as a Davidoff limited release, and known as Eladio Diaz’s 60th Anniversary cigar. The Davidoff Master Selection 2013 has a complex profile, delivering a palate stimulation of sweet and spice, along with slight bitter characteristics while delivering flavors of sweet chocolate, oak, dark fruit, chocolate covered almonds, leather, and a hint of black pepper.

The Davidoff Master Selection 2013 is medium to full in strength; and is made with an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and a filler blend that includes Esteli and Condega Visus from Nicaragua, and Piloto Visus, Piloto Seco and San Vicente Mejorado Visus from the Dominican Republic. Only 1,250 boxes of 10 were released of this very rare, private blend of Eladio and each box is cabinet packaged with a signed warranty label from Eladio Diaz.

To browse the Davidoff Master Selection 2013,  click here or one of the pictures below.

Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 – Just Shipped!

The Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 is a 6 1/2 x 54 Gran Toro.

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, a Davidoff Appointed Merchant, just learned that the Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 has left Tampa and will be here in a few days! The Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 is the third release of the Davidoff Art Limited Edition and this is the first time that an Art Edition is a Toro. The 2017 Edition has more intense flavors, in comparison to previous editions and usines tobacco from Brazil, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. As always, the Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 is a one-time limited edition release of 2,000 boxes of 10. The 2017 boxes have five unique designs that are collectively theb ‘Nature Reimagined’ series of Davidoff Art boxes. ‘Nature Reimagined’ is a series of exciting colors with incredible dimension and complexity. The ‘Nature Reimagined’ boxes were created by Trinidadian graphic designer Rodell Warner. The Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 is a fuller bodied Art Edition with ginger spice, salted caramel, creamy coffee, and oak notes. The wrapper is an Ecuadorian Habano, the binder is an Ecuadorian Sumatra and the filler blend includes: Brazilian Matafina Visus and Cubra Visus; and Dominican San Vicente Mejorado Visus, Piloto Visus and Hybrid Olor/Piloto Seco.

Click here to browse the Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium.

Beautiful Collector’s Box. Five different boxes of the Davidoff Limited Art Edition 2017 are available.

Viaje Skull and Bones WMD – Shipping today!

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium just learned that Viaje is shipping the Skull and Bones WMD 2017 to us today.

For the first time in three years the Viaje Skull and Bones WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction) is back for 2017.  The Viaje Skull and Bones WMD first made its debut in 2011 and was re-released in 2012 and 2014.  The label is a “Skull and Bones Red”, which is considered by many to be the bolder and stronger blend from the Skull and Bones releases.  The Viaje Skull and Bones WMD 2017 is made at Raíces Cubanas in Honduras with a Nicaraguan Criollo wrapper and Nicaraguan filler and binder.  It is a 3 3/4 x 54 Short Gordo. The Viaje Skull and Bones WMD is packaged in 25 count cabinet style boxes.

The Viaje Skull and Bones WMD 2017 is a 3 3/4″ x 54 round parejo.

LFD TAA Exclusivo 49

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, a member of the Tobacconists’ Association of America, is getting the LFD TAA Exclusivo 49, La Flor Dominicana’s 2017 TAA Exclusive cigar.

In 2016, La Flor Dominicana made an Event-Only Connecticut Broadleaf wrapped version of the TAA 48 which came packaged in a 10 ct. box. For 2017, LFD used this blend with a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro over a Cameroon binder and Dominican filler for the LFD TAA Exclusivo 49 which is a 6 x 54 box pressed Toro Extra.

The LFD TAA Exclusivo 49 is packaged in 25 ct. boxes.  To browse at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium’s website, please click here or the picture below.

LFD TAA Exclusivo 49 Box of 25. Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper.

2017 Viaje Zombie Antidote CE – HAVE ARRIVED!

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium has just receive the 2017 Viaje Zomibe Antidote CE a.k.a. the “double dose.”

The Viaje Zombie Antidote made its debut in 2014 and has been an annual Viaje small batch release.  This year is special because not only is the Viaje Zombie Antidote back for Spring 2017, but this time they are a special, fatter size than previous years’ releases and the Viaje Antidote 2017  is also a Viaje Collector’s Edition cigar.  The 2017 Viaje Zombie Antidote CE release is a 6 1/4 x 50 Belicoso, whereas previous releases were 6 ½ x 44 lonsdales that mimicked syringes.  The Viaje Zombie Antidote 2017 Collector’s Edition is being packaged in 25 ct. bundles. While the previous Viaje Zombie Antidote releases were packed in prescription jars, the 2017 Viaje Zombie Antidote CE bundles resemble syringe packaging and have the black Viaje Collector’s Edition label.

The 2017 Viaje Zombie Antidote CE is the latest installment in Viaje’s Collector’s Edition series.  The Viaje Collector’s Edition series was introduced in 2012 and are special cigar formats for those who like to “collect” Viaje cigars. The Collector’s Edition formats have been “one and done” – meaning once the cigars are gone, they are gone.  Collect yours while they are available.

To browse the 2017 Viaje Zombie Antidote at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, click here or the picture below.

The 2017 Viaje Zombie Antidote CE is a 6 1/4 x 50 Belicoso packaged in 20 ct. Bundles.

L’Atelier Identité Has Arrived at Anthony’s!

L’Atelier created a new line called Identité, (French for identity) because the Identité blend is chock full of Sancti Spritus leaves and Sancti Spiritus has made L’Atelier cigars so coveted among serious cigar enthusiasts because each L’Atelier uses Sancti Spiritus is one fashion or another in each cigar. In the case of the Identité, Sancti Spiritus is used in all three components of the cigar; as the very dark and oily Ecuadorian wrapper, as the binder and in the filler blend. Sancti Spiritus is a hybrid criollo and pelo de oro seed. The L:’Atelier Identité is made at the My Father factory in Estelí and the Sancti Spiritus using in the filler and binder are grown by the García family in Nicaragua.

To browse the L’Atelier Identite at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, click here or the picture below.

The L’Atelier Identite packaged in 20 ct. boxes and comes in three sizes: No. 1 (4 7/8 x 50), No. 2 (5 5/8 x 46) and No. 3 (5 7/8 x 52).

The Warped Sky Flower Has Arrived!

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium has recevied the Warped Sky Flower, a brand new very limited production vitola in the Flor de Valle line.  The Flor de Valle Sky Flower incorporates the very rich, rare and flavorful medio tiempo leaves. Medio tiempo one of the highest priming leaves that only grows on a small percentage of tobacco plants. Medio tiempo gets the most sunlight and nutrients, so it tends to produce a fuller strength, fuller-bodied cigar. The Warped Sky Flower is limited production because medio tiempo leaves grow on a small percentage of tobacco stalks.

The Warped Flor de Valle line is a medium to full bodied Nicaraguan puro using Casa Fernanez’s Aganorsa tobacco with a Jalapa Corojo ’99 wrapper and a Corojo ’99 and Criollo ’98 filler blend. The Flor del Valle is a woody, leathery, and naturally slightly sweet smoke, with a smooth draw, and spice to highlight the smoking experience. The Warped Flor de Valle is rolled at Casa Fernandez’s Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) factory in Estelí. Nicaragua. The Warped Flor del Valle marked the first venture that Warped Cigars would collaborate with Casa Fernandez’s TABSA factory in Esteli, Nicaragua.

Click here or any of the pictures below to browse the Warped Sky Flower at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium.

The Warped Sky Flower is a 5 5/8 x 48 Gran Corona.

The Warped Sky Flower is packaged differently from the rest of the Flor de Valle line. They are in 10 ct. wooden boxes.

Headley Grange Drumstick 2017 Limited Edition – Arriving this week!

Anthony’s Cigar Emporium just learned from Crowned Heads that it is getting a shipment of the very limited Headley Grange Drumstick 2017 Limited Edition.  In 2013 Crowned Heads released the Headley Grange Drumstick 2013 Limited Edition that was a 7 ½ x 38 Lancero with a pig-tail cap and was quickly sold out. That release was very limited to just 1,500 boxes of 10. Four years later, Crowned Heads announced the second release of the limited edition Headley Grange Drumstick 2017 but the production numbers have fallen to just 1,000 boxes of 10. Working closely with industry icon, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Jr., and Tabacalera La Alianza, S.A., the Headley Grange Drumstick 2017 blend has been re-created and packaged in the original 10-count box but the 2017 release has a black ribbon on the foot.

The dark and oily high-priming Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper is seamlessly applied to a core of Nicaraguan long-fillers hugged by a Nicaraguan binder in a variation on the original Headley Grange regular blend. From the first puff of the Headley Grange Drumstick 2017, the senses are met with a wave of nutty, spicy-sweet flavors. Coffee, baking spice, and leather join forces with creamy and earthy undertones. Because the lancero is a difficult shape, not only to roll, but to blend correctly, the entire batch of Drumsticks is being produced by one roller at E.P. Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza S.A.

To browse the Headley Grange Drumstick 2017 at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium, click here or one of the pictures below.

The Headley Grange Drumstick 2017 Limited Edition is a 7 ½ x 38 Lancero with a pig-tail cap.