Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special 2026 Toro 6" * 54

Just like restaurants that offer “Chef’s Specials,” the Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special line is a collection of limited edition cigars that are crafted by Espinosa Cigars in collaboration with celebrity chef Guy Fieri. And they’re just as tasty too. Each release is composed of different blends and promises to take you straight to “Flavortown.” The cigars are handmade at AJ Fernandez’s San Lotano Factory in Nicaragua.

The standard Toro shape is 6 inches by 50 ring gauge.

Like the box-pressed, oval cigars are made round and then pressed into an oval shape.

This cigar is 6 inches long, or 152.4 mm.

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.

The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 54, so his diameter is 54/64 inches or 21.34 mm.

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Colorado is a medium brown color also known as EMS or English Market Selection as this used to be the color with more popularity in England than in America.

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

La Zona is Erik Espinosa's cigar factory located in the foothils of Esteli, Nicaragua. The factory is also the headquarters for Espinosa Cigars in Nicaragua.

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world.

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.

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