04/02/2026
Hey Cigar&Lounge Family, tomorrow is LCA Friday and we have some real bangers for you. Make sure to grab them before they are gone!
First we have The…
Year of Ed
6 x 54 Box-Press Toro | Aged 2 Years
WRAPPER
Jalapa Habano
BINDER
Salvadoran
FILLER
Esteli & Condega
FACTORY
Tabacalera Annex
“This one is textbook Fernandez craft with a wink. We let it rest two years to calm the punch and let the sweetness bloom. When I smoke Year Of Ed it reads like a box of chocolates you forgot you had: immediate, hot cocoa, then a parade of nuts and caramel. It’s plush in the middle and sharp enough at the finish to make the conversation last. This is what aged Nicaraguan to***co is supposed to taste like.”
TASTING NOTES
PRE-LIGHT
cocoa nibs and cedar taint caramel scent.
FIRST THIRD Milk chocolate and toasted hazelnut, soft caramel drizzle
SECOND THIRD Marzipan and baking spice, gentle espresso notes and a creamy mouthfeel
FINAL THIRD Dark chocolate,
Next Up we have The…
Cavalier Genève Paca
6 x 50 Toro | Aged 3 Years
WRAPPER
Connecticut
Nicaraguan &
Peruvian
FACTORY
FCT Honduras
“This one showed up again with proof. Years after the original run we located a sealed allocation that sat quiet in factory cellars and confirmed three full years of age. The strip of paca fabric isn’t decoration — it’s literal provenance. These leaves slept on the very burlap that carried them, and the fabric carries that history across the band. We worked with Cavalier Geneve and the factory to bring them back as they were made: Plasencia to***co at the center, Honduran craft, and that gold-foil diamond that always makes collectors pause.”
BLEND
WRAPPER Habano
Nicaraguan
FACTORY Fábrica Centroamericana de Tabaco
BINDER
Connecticut
AGING
3 years, Privada technique
TASTING NOTES
PRE-LIGHT
Warm cedar, damp hay, and a soft nutmeg perfume
FIRST THIRD Honeyed to***co, graham cracker sweetness, faint lemon peel for lift
SECOND THIRD Leather and dried cherry deepen; toasted almond and espresso thread through
FINAL THIRD Molasses, dark cocoa, cedar backbone with a restrained black-pepper close.