New World Oscuro Gordo by AJ Fernandez

While there are many versions of AJ Fernandez’s New World cigars, the Oscuro blend is the original and most popular version of the mark. Utilizing tobaccos exclusively grown, aged, and fermented on his own farms, Fernandez created a tremendous blend using some of his most prized tobaccos. The blend begins with Nicaraguan filler leaves from Ometepe, Condega, and Estelí along with a binder from Jalapa. The wrapper is a naturally fermented Oscuro he calls Dark Nicaragua. Tasting notes include earth, chocolate, and pepper with hints of salted nuts and dried fruits. It’s no surprise this is a best seller. It’s the perfect combination of value and flavor.

There are few people in the cigar industry who have achieved the level of recognition AJ Fernandez has in such short a time. Like many in the business, he was raised in Cuba where he was a student of tobacco growing and cigar making, but when AJ opened shop in Nicaragua, he quickly gained a reputation for being one of the nation’s best cigar makers. From the beginning, he understood that to produce outstanding cigars day after day, year after year, you have to grow your own tobacco and control the process. He operates 10 farms and 2 factories where his brands are precisely crafted under his watchful eye. The New World is a brand that was created to commemorate the discovery and introduction of tobacco grown in the New World (the Americas) to the old. Since 1492, these tobaccos have been the benchmark the world over.

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