Montecristo 1935 Winners Club 6-Cigar Sampler

The Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Edicion Diamente cigar was developed by AJ Fernandez and Rafael Nodal, two of the cigar industry’s most highly regarded cigar makers. Originally, the blend was supposed to be used for the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua, but AJ and Rafael felt that, like a diamond in the rough, the blend needed more time. So, they tweaked it until finally they released this fine Nicaraguan puro that features a lush maduro wrapper made of a hybrid-seed tobacco grown in Jalapa, Nicaragua. This awesome capa covers a criollo binder from Ometepe and a filler from Esteli. This expertly crafted cigar and its unique blend showcases the fine tobaccos that are grown in Nicaragua. It truly is a jewel of a cigar that is a joy to behold as it is to smoke.

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.

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.

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

Cuban expatriate AJ Fernandez produces handmade cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua at the Tabacalera Fernandez factory. Fernandez learned everything he knows about tobacco and cigarmaking from his late grandfather, cigar legend Alejandro Robaina.

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Nicaraguan cigar wrappers are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Wrappers grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro wrappers are all produced in 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.

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