Welcome 2023 by lighting up a cigar you’ve never tried before. A new year brings the opportunity to start fresh, begin new habits, and try things you’ve never experienced before. Set alight a tasty cigar and welcome the new year by introducing your taste buds to a new smoking flavor.
We have pulled out some excellent smokes for you to try something new every month of this year, perfect for moving through the ever-changing seasons. We finished 2022 by rounding up the best cigars of the year, and now we’re looking forward to considering smokes for 2023.
1. January – Alec & Bradley JR 50th Anniversary
Country of Origin: Honduras
Wrapper Type: San Andrés Mexican
Binder: Honduran Habano
Filler: Nicaragua / Honduras / Various
Strength: Medium-Full
Sizes Available: Wagyu (6 × 52)
Fire up the new year with an Alec & Bradley Wagyu JR 50th Anniversary. The ‘wagyu’ is named after premium quality steak and is a perfect reflection of the quality and medium to full-bodied burn. Cloaked in a luscious San Andrés Mexican wrapper, this smoke burns rich, woodsy flavors of oak and cedar, followed by notes of toast, cocoa, and spice to warm up your January.

2. February – Macanudo Inspirado Green
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Wrapper Type: Brazil
Binder: Indonesia
Filler: Dominican Republic
Strength: Medium
Sizes Available:
February is the month of love, so why not try something new and fall in love with a premium Macondo Inspirado Green. Available in a range of sizes and bound with a delightful Dominican Republic filler, this medium-bodied smoke is extremely unique. Gets the heart racing with delectable notes of earth, black pepper, chocolate, and coffee. Love is certainly in the air with this cigar.

3. March – Herrera Esteli
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Brazil
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Full
Sizes Available: Exclusive Box Pressed Cuadrado 6.50 × 44
Leap into spring with a JR exclusive! The Herrera Estelí is wrapped in a stunning Ecuador Habano wrapper with reddish-brown shades. This cigar offers blooming flavors of sweet and spicy tobacco and burns delicious flavors of cocoa, cinnamon, and toasted bread that are ideal for spring. As the days get longer, allow yourself more time to appreciate the burn.

4. April – Bolivar Cofradia
Country of Origin: Honduras
Wrapper Type: Ecuador Sumatra
Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: Honduras / Nicaragua
Strength: Full
Sizes Available:
This Cuban line has an old-world style of fashion. It offers a sweet, smoky aroma burning from a stunning Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and provides a hearty smoke with a subtle hint of spice. Breeze through spring with this full-bodied smoke with delicious nuts, coffee, and earth notes.

5. May – Undercrown Shade
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Ecuador Connecticut Shade
Binder: Sumatra
Filler: Dominican Republic / Nicaragua
Strength: Medium
Sizes Available:
- Toro Especial (6 × 50)
- Gran Toro (6 × 52)
- Corona Doble (7 × 54)
- Corona (5.63 × 46)
- Robusto (5 × 54)
- Coronets (4 × 32)
- Gordito (6 × 60)
- Gran Toro Tubo (6 × 50)
- Belicoso (6 × 52)
- Churchill (7 × 48)
- Flying Pig (4 × 60)
For the final month of spring, blossom your palette with an Undercrown Shade. This is a premium cigar wrapped in an Ecuador Connecticut Shade wrapper that offers a medium-strength burn. Available in a great range of sizes, it offers soft clouds of smoke and rich flavors of nuts, sweet cream, and toast. Discover the subtle notes of warm spice and honey, a great combination of sweet and savory.

6. June – Trinidad Espiritu
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Full
Sizes Available:
Soak up the sun with your first smoke of the summer — a scrumptious Nicaraguan cigar with a Trinidad Espiritu. This nostalgic smoke pays a great tribute to those from the late 60s and early 70s with its original blend of the finest vintage Nicaraguan tobaccos. It’s a bold and beautifully balanced stogie that delivers powerful notes of wood, pepper, vanilla, toast, and some citrus zest.

7. July – Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brulee
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Ecuador Connecticut Shade
Binder: Mexico
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Mellow – Medium
Sizes Available:
Step outside and embrace the summer rays with a Sobremesa Brulee. Providing medium strength, this cigar burns tasty flavors of pepper, cinnamon, leather, and sweet hints of brown sugar. Wrapped in a silky Ecuador Connecticut Shade wrapper, you won’t want to wait until the sun goes down.

8. August - Espinosa Laranja Reserva
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Brazil
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium-Full
Sizes Available:
The Espinosa Laranja Reserva can spark up your summer nights. Featuring a tangy Brazilian wrapper, this cigar is bound with Nicaragua’s well-aged tobacco and bursting with a festival of flavors to enliven your taste buds. Expect notes of spice, black pepper, citrus, hazelnut, cedar, and a sweetness that sticks with your palate like a sweet dessert — perfect for long nights and sunset.

9. September – Ferio Tego Timeless Panamericana
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Ecuador Sumatra
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium – Full
Sizes Available:
Ferio Tego Timeless Panamericana is a premium smoke that was once exclusive to Manhattan. The brand has now returned and dropped the exclusivity, allowing all cigar connoisseurs a taste. This cigar is held together by a reddish-brown Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper that perfectly matches the leaves of fall. The revived blend carries tasty notes of white pepper, cedar, oak, and toffee. Available in a range of sizes, you won’t want to miss out!

10. October – Boneshaker
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Full
Sizes Available:
Boneshaker sends shivers down your spine during the spooky season. Featuring a dark oily wrapper, it starts mellow and then intensifies into burning heavy notes of earth, oak, expresso, and spice, which continue through to the very last puff. Let’s not forget the tasty dark chocolate sweetness and sprinkle of black pepper, which enhance the flavor profile. When paired with pumpkins and Halloween fun, this is the perfect cigar for Fall.

11. November – Guardian of the Farm Cerberus
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Nicaraguan Corojo
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium
Sizes Available:
Flow through fall with a Guardian of the Farm Cerberus cigar. This excellent smoke is made entirely of Nicaraguan tobacco and can be identified by their vintage Corojo 2012 wrapper. It has a medium-bodied profile and is available in a range of sizes, making it a suitable smoker for every smoker. These premium cigars are burning with rich notes of earth, cinnamon, and dark roast coffee.

12. December – Tatuaje Broadleaf
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper Type: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium-Full
Sizes Available:
- J21 (5 × 50)
- Noellas (5.12 × 42)
- Regios (5 × 50)
- SW (7 × 47)
- Especiales (7.50 × 38)
- Tainos (7.62 × 49)
- K222 (5.88 × 52)
- Unicos (6.12 × 52)
- Cojonu 2003 (6.50 × 52)
- Havana Cazadores (6.38 × 52)
Finish the year with a Tatuaje Broadleaf, coated in a Lucious dark oily Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper carrying flavorful notes of chocolate, leather, oak, spice, and sweet cocoa. Available in a range of sizes, there is a Tatuaje Broadleaf to suit every smoker. It’s a winter warmer that is perfect for topping off the year and preparing you to clear your palate for another fresh start.

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