Description

A medium strength cigar with a warm earthy and sweet profile. This All-American puros Florida Sun-grown wrapper covers a USA Connecticut Broadleaf binder and a USA Pennsylvania and USA Connecticut filler. The American is expertly handmade in Tampa, Florida at J.C. Newmans century old El Reloj cigar factory.

Specifications

• BrandsThe AmericanJC Newman Cigars has been making premium cigars for more than a century. With headquarters in Ybor City, Florida, JC Newman Cigars has been dubbed Americas Oldest Family-Owned Premium Cigar Maker. Now entering its fourth-generation as a family run company, JC Newman has brought back the American cigar. First made in 1910, the American is made of 100% American tobacco from wrapper to filler, and it is hand rolled in Newmans El Reloj factory located in Tampa, Florida. Think of it as an American puro. The American sports a Florida Sun grown wrapper that is draped over a Connecticut broadleaf binder, which houses USA Connecticut and USA Pennsylvania long-filler tobaccos. The American is a medium-strength toro that offers an earthy flavor profile you will want to try again and again. Limited availability, 3 singles per customer
• Cigar ShapeToroThe standard Toro shape is 6 inches by 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar SectionRoundMost cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length6″This cigar is 6 inches long, or 152.4 mm.
• OriginUSAMost cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.Production of cigars in the United States, once a thriving industry, is now mainly machine made cigars. They are still being produced in the last remaining cigar factory from the 1890s, the JC Newman Cigar factory in Tampa. However, in recent years boutique brands have flourished and are being handmade by select rollers in Miami, Florida.
• Cigar Ring Gauge54The 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.
• 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 ManufacturerJ.C. Newman Cigar Co.Established in 1895, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is America’s oldest family-owned company making premium cigars, which include the cigars they make at the last operating cigar factory in Ybor City, Florida, and their popular Brick House cigars made in their factory in Nicaragua.
• Cigar WrapperSungrownThe wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Sungrown cigar wrappers come from tobacco plants that are grown directly under the sun without the use of man made tents to give shade as in Shade grown wrappers. As opposed to the Shade grown plants, sun grown tobacco plants grown thicker leaves with thicker veins and darker color. Sungrown wrappers can be appreciated for their rich taste and sweet undertones.
• Cigar BinderBroadleafThe binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.Broadleaf tobacco leaves are known for being large, resilient, thick, and sweetness. Ideally, they are used in the production of maduro cigars and primarily used as wrappers, but they add dimension to a cigars flavor profile when used as a binder.ConnecticutThe binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.Connecticut tobacco is golden brown with a mild to medium flavor. It is mainly grown under shade in the Connecticut River Valley or sun grown in Ecuador.
• Cigar FillerUSA ConnecticutFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.USA PennsylvaniaFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.
• UPC076622130005076622013056