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When it comes to cigar blends, inspiration can come from a number of places: celebrations of specific events, memories of loved ones, even specific food or drinks.
For Selected Tobacco S.A. founder Nelson Alfonso Egüed, the inspiration for a new cigar line that bears his name came from the use of French oak in winemaking. In fact, for the Alfonso Extra Añejo line, Selected Tobacco used both cedar and French oak to age the cigars for five years. The company says it typically ages its cigars in rooms lined with cedar between two to five years and the humidity is intentionally raised and lowered during that period during the aging process.
“Cedar is to cigars as oak is to wine,” said Alfonso in a press release. “The years we take to age the cigars in this process have a purpose and we hope this is appreciated in the smoke.”
In terms of blend, the Alfonso Extra Añejo line incorporates an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and binder covering Nicaraguan ligero and Peruvian filler tobaccos. The cigars are being rolled at the Tabacos de Costa Rica factory.
