Alec Bradley Prensado Gran Belicoso 5"1/2 * 56

The Alec Bradley Prensado Gran Belicoso is a full-strength, box-pressed torpedo that is handmade in Honduras at the famed Raices Cubanas factory. A dark, sweet Honduran maduro wrapper drapes the Alec Bradley Prensado’s Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Honduras and Nicaragua. Rich notes of tobacco, leather, and spice will greet your palate when you light up the Alec Bradley Prensado. The Alec Bradley Prensado was named the #1 Best Cigar of 2011 by Cigar Aficionado.

• Brands
  Alec Bradley Prensado

  The Alec Bradley Prensado was named the #1 Best Cigar of 2011 by Cigar Aficionado. Launched in 2009, this highly acclaimed box pressed cigar is made at the Raices Cubanas factory in Danli, Honduras. Beautifully made, the cigar has a Trojes, Honduras wrapper with Nicaraguan binder and Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. The Prensado offers you rich tobacco flavor with leather, chocolate and spice in the mix.
• Cigar Shape
  Torpedo

  The Torpedo was traditionally a fat cigar with two closed, tapered ends. Today, it is any cigar with a cut foot and straight body which tapers to a closed, pointed head.
• Cigar Section
  Box-Pressed (Square)

  A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a "squarish" or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Cigar Length
  5"1/2

  This cigar is 5"1/2 inches long, or 139.7 mm.
• Origin
  Honduras

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Honduras, a Central American country which shares a border with Nicaragua, is widely known in the premium cigar industry as the ideal place to grow Cuban and Connecticut seed tobaccos. Danli and the Jamastran Valley is considered the heart of Honduras’ cigar industry. The Jamastran Valley is known for producing a full-bodied tobacco that draws strong comparisons to the tobacco grown in the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba. This same region is also known for its Connecticut shade grown and Corojo shade grown tobacco. In addition, Honduras produces Cuban-seed sun grown filler tobaccos of the highest quality.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  56

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 56, so his diameter is 56/64 inches or 22.35 mm.
• Strength
  Full
• Wrapper Color
  Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  Raices Cubanas

  Raices Cubanas, aka Fabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas S. de R.L., is a premium cigar manufacturer that was founded in 1974 by Hugo Endemano. Located in Honduras, this family owned-and-operated factory produces cigars for well-known brands such as Alec Bradley, Illusione, Padilla, Di Fazio Cigars Corp, and Viaje.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Honduran

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Honduran cigar wrapper has the reputation of great quality, with wrapper leaf being grown in the Jamastran, Talanga and San Agustin valleys. Some of the wrappers being grown in Honduras include Corojo, Honduran Claro, Honduran Criollo, Honduran Jamastran Viso Rosado, Honduran San Agustin Havana Seed and San Agustin Ligero.
• Cigar Binder
  Nicaragua

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Nicaraguan cigar binders are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Binders grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro binders are all produced in Nicaragua.
• Cigar Filler
  Honduras

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.