Description

Delectable notes of cedar, nuts, coffee and chocolate will greet your palate when you light up this medium strength cigar. Its light-brown Honduran wrapper covers a Nicaraguan binder and filler. Offering an excellent construction and smooth draw along with its refined blend, this cigar was crafted to recreate the classic cigars of years ago. The Alec Bradley American Classic Blend Torpedo is handmade at the Plasencia factory in Nicaragua.

Specifications

• BrandsAlec Bradley American Classic BlendThe Alec Bradley American Classic Blend is wrapped in a gorgeous Honduras Connecticut Seed Shade leaf, with Nicaraguan binder and filler. It will reward your senses with complexity and dark coffee and chocolate flavors. The smoke is medium bodied and well constructed, with a great ash and burn. Made by Nestor Plasencia for Alec Bradley, these inexpensive yet high quality smokes are a must in your humidor.
• Cigar ShapeTorpedoThe Torpedo was traditionally a fat cigar with two closed, tapered ends. Today, it is any cigar with a cut foot and straight body which tapers to a closed, pointed head.
• Cigar SectionRoundMost cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length6″1/8This cigar is 6″1/8 inches long, or 155.57 mm.
• OriginNicaraguaMost 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.
• Cigar Ring Gauge52The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 52, so his diameter is 52/64 inches or 20.57 mm.
• Strength Medium
• Wrapper ColorNaturalCigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (MaduroorOscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Natural wrapper, also known as Colorado Claro, is light brown in color.
• Single PackagingCellophane
• Rolling TypeHandmadeHandmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar ManufacturerPlasencia CigarsThe Plasencia family has been in the tobacco industry for six generations. With two factories located in Nicaragua, Nestor Plasencia Sr. grows and cures tobacco, and makes millions of cigars every year for renowned brands such as Rocky Patel and Gurkha.
• Cigar WrapperHonduranThe wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Honduran cigar wrapper has the reputation of great quality, with wrapper leaf being grown in the Jamastran, Talanga and San Agustin valleys. Some of the wrappers being grown in Honduras include Corojo, Honduran Claro, Honduran Criollo, Honduran Jamastran Viso Rosado, Honduran San Agustin Havana Seed and San Agustin Ligero.
• Cigar BinderNicaraguaThe 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.
• Cigar FillerNicaraguaFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.
• UPC815337016828815337011700
• Magazine rating89