Ashton ESG 20-Year Salute 6"3/4 * 49

The 20-Year Salute was the first cigar introduced by Ashton on it's ESG series in 2005, with one size to be introduced every year for the following 5 years. This medium bodied Churchill is to be admired not only for what is possibly the most beautiful cigar band ever made, but also for its very attractive dark Dominican wrapper and flavor complexity. Provides earthy flavors with hints of coffee, licorice, anise and pepper.

• Brands
  Ashton ESG

  The Ashton ESG uses a unique Dominican wrapper grown on the Chateau de la Fuente farm in the Dominican Republic, which has never been used on any other cigar. The  Ashton ESG blend is the creation of master blender Carlos Fuente Jr. who has created the most sought after cigars in the world. The rare tobaccos used in this spectacular cigar dictate that only extremely limited quantities can be produced.
• Cigar Shape
  Double Corona

  Double Coronas are usually 6.75 to 8 inches long by a 49 to 54 ring.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  6"3/4

  This cigar is 6"3/4 inches long, or 171.45 mm.
• Origin
  Dominican Republic

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  49

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 49, so his diameter is 49/64 inches or 19.56 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Colorado Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Colorado maduro wrapper is milk chocolate brown.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  Tabacalera Fuente

  Arturo Fuente is a family owned company located in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Established in 1912 by the family patriarch Don Arturo Fuente, the company came from humble beginnings but is now a global benchmark for the cigar industry.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Dominican

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  The main tobacco region in the Dominican Republic is the Cibao valley in the northern part of the island. In the 60s, Cuban seeds were brought here by exiled Cuban cigar makers and found that they grew exceptional cigar tobacco, called Piloto Cubano. The native Dominican tobacco, called Olor, is milder than Piloto Cubano yet more aromatic. The first company to grow Dominican tobacco for cigar wrapper was Tabacalera Arturo Fuente in 1995.
• Cigar Binder
  Dominican Republic

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.
  Dominican Republic is a traditional tobacco-growing country. In the 60's, a Cuban seed was introduced and the resulting tobacco, called Piloto Cubano, became famous as a good substitute of the Cuban tobacco that was no longer allowed to enter the USA. Piloto Cubano is full bodied while the Dominican Olor tobacco is milder but more aromatic.
• Cigar Filler
  Dominican Republic

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• Magazine rating
  89