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It’s named after Nelson Alfonso Egüed, the founder of the company, and it was the first of what currently sits at four different lines that use a unique aging process. Part of the sales pitch behind Selected Tobacco S.A.’s cigars is that they often undergo much longer aging periods than what other cigar companies claim. Cigars that have been aged for five years aren’t all that uncommon. What makes these new lines unique within the Selected Tobacco S.A. portfolio is not the length of time they are aged for, but rather, the rooms they are aged in. Selected Tobacco S.A. ages its other cigars in rooms lined with Spanish cedar, a relatively common practice in the cigar industry. However, Alfonso was curious if he could use French oak, a wood used in winemaking, to age cigars. So, the company built another aging room that has walls lined with French oak.
Selected Tobacco S.A. says the Gran Selección is a darker version of the Extra Añejo. It was aged for a total of five years between the Spanish cedar and French oak rooms. Blend-wise, it uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over a Peruvian binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.
