Cigar Dave’s 2017 Festival of Lightation will begins on Tuesday, December 12th, 2017 at 6pm ET and runs for 8 nights coinciding with Hanukkah. Each night the General picks a cigar to enjoy for the evening. You can find Cigar Dave’s nightly selections on CigarDave.com, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Night 8
La Palina Family Series Miami Alison
The La Palina Family Series Miami are smooth to the feel, firm, and exquisitely rolled, this medium-bodied gem delivers hearty notes of roasted nuts, cedar, coffee, exotic spice, and subtle hints of creamy caramel.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Corojo
Binder: Ecuador Habano
Filler: Nicaragua
Night 7
Macanudo Inspirado White
Beautiful, yet complex. Sweet, with spice. Rich, but nuanced. Macanudo Inspirado White is a study in contrasts. Outside, its golden Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper, aged for 6 years, delivers an aesthetic quality like no other. Inside, an Indonesian binder brings forth an aromatic richness. Nicaraguan Estelí and Mexican San Andrés leaves, each aged for four years, continue the experience, producing a cigar brimming with notes of earth and spice.
Wrapper: Ecuadoran Connecticut
Binder: Indonesian
Filler: Nicaraguan (Estelí, Jalapa), Mexican San Andrés
Night 6
Alec Bradley Prensado Lost Art Gran Toro
Prensado Lost Art pays homage to not only its namesake, the Prensado, but also the lost art of handcrafting goods. Though automation has made it much easier to produce goods in mass quantities, it still takes a plethora of skilled artisans to create a premium cigar by hand.
Wrapper: Honduras
Binder: Honduras, Nicaragua
Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua
Night 5
Perdomo 20th Anniversary Maduro Churchill
The Perdomo 20th Anniversary Maduro is hand-crafted with the finest tobaccos grown exclusively on Perdomo’s farms in Estelí, Condega, and Jalapa Valley. This cigar offers rich, elegant and complex flavors including espresso.
Night 4
Rocky Patel Vintage 2006 San Andreas
The Rocky Patel Vintage 2006 San Andreas is comprised of an 11-year-old Mexican wrapper from the prominent San Andrés region, along with Nicaraguan fillers and a Connecticut Broadleaf binder. The result is a spicy, medium to full bodied smoke with a rich, leathery finish.
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés
Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: Nicaragua
Night 3
Camacho Nicaraguan Barrel-Aged Gordo
The Perdomo 20th Anniversary Maduro features a barrel-aged Cuban-seed wrapper that surrounds a blend of zesty and full-bodied long fillers. It is lush, robust, velvety, with undertones of espresso and sweet spice.
Wrapper: Ecuadoran Havana 2000
Binder: Mexican San Andrés
Filler: Nicaragua, Honduras and Dominican Republic
Night 2
Brick House Double Connecticut Mighty Mighty
A mild bodied cigars offering a spicy and peppery smoke full of rich flavor.
Wrapper: Connecticut Shade
Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: Nicaragua
Night 1
Padron Series 1926 No. 2
The refined tobacco in this box-pressed cigar is aged five years then blended to create an exceptionally smooth, complex, balanced, and full-bodied flavor. All cigars are available in both Natural and Maduro wrappers.
Wrapper: Maduro
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua