Mi Querida (pronounced "me kay-ree-dah") is a rather provocative word within the Nicaraguan culture. Although it literally translates as "my dearest", when it is uttered in Nica it is used expressly to describe your beyond sultry, secret mistress of whom you crave with an unbridled, wanton lust.
Cigar wise, it is an extremely flavorful liga comprised of rich Nicaraguan leaf hand rolled in a 100% naturally fermented, heavy Broadleaf capa. Earthy and dense with a long teasing, slightly dirty finish, Mi Querida is delightfully lush and full bodied on the palate offering an extremely satisfying experience for the most passionate of cigar smokers.
The Rocky Patel Special Edition is a brick and mortar exclusive limited to the company's top 200 retailers nationwide. Each cigar is box pressed and made with a eight year old Ecuadorian Habano wrapper and Nicaraguan fillers and binders.
A medium bodied cigar with great flavor and hints of coffee, white pepper and berry. Mushroom notes combined with some blackberry sweetness make the Rocky Patel Special Edition unlike any standard, cookie cutter flavor profile.
The 702 is familiar to many Davidoff fans as it is the name of a hybrid tobacco used on several Davidoff products. While it shares the same name, this isn't a return of the Seleccion 702. Instead the new 702 Series takes that wrapper and applies it to some classic releases the company already has in its portfolio.
The 702 wrapper is the product of a hybrid of three Cuban (Habano) seed. The tobacco itself is grown exclusively for Davidoff at the San Juan Finca outside of the province of Cotopaxi.
Steve Saka, is one of the most endearing people in the cigar industry. From being an influential blogger before the word "blogger" existed, to helping grow JR Cigar into a massive online cigar retailer, to bringing Drew Estate out of the infused cigar closet with Liga Privada and other premium cigars, Saka has changed the face of the cigar world.
Steve was the the chief executive officer of Drew Estate and left in 2013. "I still have some genuine regrets deciding to depart from Drew Estate, but in the end I believe I made the right choice," said Saka in a press release. "Drew Estate had become a juggernaut, and along with that success, I found myself spending too much energy focused on business-related issues and less on what I personally love: the creating and crafting of cigars."
After a two-year hiatus, Steve Saka formed his own company, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, and has returned to the cigar industry with his cigars "Sobremesa" and " Mi Querida".
Saka's company is named after the New Hampshire town where he and his wife, Cindy, who's also a partner in the company, reside. The couple operate DTT out of the town of almost 3,000 residents.
"The 'Trust' part," of the name, said Saka in an interview with Cigar Insider, "stems from a turn-of-the-century bank building which they headquarter the company in."
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