Epic Maduro Reserva Lancero 7" * 40

From a fresh face in the cigar industry comes the Epic Cigars Maduro Reserva. This oily black wrapped cigar has a delicious blend of Brazilian Arapiraca for the wrapper, Dominican Olor for the binder, and a blend of Dominican piloto; seco; and Ligero for the filler. The cigar definitely delivers some epic tastes of espresso, nuts, and dark chocolate which are complemented by an underlying spice. This cigar, though dark, delivers a medium bodied smoke which is slow burning and enjoyable.

The classic Long Panatela is 7 1/2*38 but can range from 7 inches or more by 35-39 ring gauge..

Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.

This cigar is 7 inches long, or 177.8 mm.

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.

The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 40, so his diameter is 40/64 inches or 16 mm.

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).

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Brazil grows tobacco from North to South. The East Central State of Bahia is an important cigar tobacco producer. The growing area is about 100 miles west of the state capital, Salvador da Bahia, an active port on the Atlantic Coast. The Northern State of Alagoas hosts a production around the city of Arapiraca where maduro wrappers are grown.

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
Cameroon tobacco is fragile and thin but gives the cigar a sweet and light flavor. It is cultivated in the West African countries of Cameroon and Central African Republic.

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