Description

A full-bodied smoke with deep, rich notes of dark chocolate, earth, leather, and spice. Its oily USA Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper covers a Mexican San Andres binder, and a Nicaraguan and Honduran filler. The Tabernacle is handmade at AJ Fernandezs Tabacalera Fernandez factory in Nicaragua.

Specifications

• BrandsThe TabernacleThe Tabernacle by Foundation Cigar Company is a hearty maduro cigar made in Nicaragua. The wrapper is a Connecticut Broadleaf, which is a leaf very dear to the company’s founder, Nick Melillo, who worked closely with farmers in the Connecticut valley for over 10 years. The binder is San Andres Mexican and the fillers are Nicaraguan tobaccos from 3 different regions.
• Cigar ShapeRobustoThe Robusto is a short Churchill size, traditionally 5 to 5.5 inches by a 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar SectionRoundMost cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length5″This cigar is 5 inches long, or 127 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 Gauge50The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 50, so his diameter is 50/64 inches or 19.81 mm.
• Strength Full
• Wrapper ColorMaduroCigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (MaduroorOscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single PackagingNone
• Rolling TypeHandmadeHandmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar ManufacturerAJ FernandezCuban 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.
• Cigar WrapperUSA Connecticut BroadleafThe wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Connecticut Broadleaf is grown in the United States’ Connecticut Valley and is prized for its dark, oily, full flavored and aromatic characteristics. The plants are grown in full sun giving this cigar wrapper its characteristic sweetness. The Connecticut Broadleaf plant leaves are mainly processed as maduro tobacco. Today, Connecticut Broadleaf seeds are being grown in other countries besides the United States.
• Cigar BinderMexican San AndresThe binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.The San Andres region in Mexico is known for producing some of the best tobacco in the world. The tobacco is stalk cut and valued for its rich dark color and used to make noteworthy maduro wrappers and binders.
• Cigar FillerHondurasFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.NicaraguaFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.