El Pulpo / Belicoso grande

Specification	Detail
Vitola	5.75*58
Ring Gauge	58
Length	5.75"
Country of Origin	Nicaragua

Description

The cigar is made by A.J. Fernandez in Nicaragua with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper that the company says is aged for a longer period of time than is typical of Mexican wrappers. The cigar isn’t strong just for the sake of being strong, but offers layers of coffee bean, dark chocolate, nuts and citrus that make a lasting statement. The cigars come from brothers Gus and Billy Fakih, former New York City cigar-shop owners who left retail to become full-time brand owners. El Pulpo brought them to the next level. The name translates to “the octopus” in Spanish because the tendrils of smoke are supposed to surround your palate the way an octopus grabs its prey. It’s a novel way of describing the smoking experience and one that we don’t disagree with.