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Manuel Quesada has been making cigars since 1974. His original cigars were mild
bodied, most of them a blend of Dominican filler and binder tobaccos cloaked with
light Connecticut-seed wrappers. His latest endeavors are bolder, more vibrant
smokes. The Casa Magna is his greatest innovation. He joined forces with
Nicaragua’s largest grower of cigar tobacco, Nestor Plasencia, and created this
blend in Plasencia’s Segovia Cigar factory. The line of five cigars saw first light in
the summer at an industry trade show and the entire brand was initially reviewed in
the August 26 Cigar Insider. Standing above the other sizes was the robusto, a
stubby cigar with a bold heart of Cuban-seed tobacco, all of it grown in two very
different regions of Nicaragua: tobacco from Estelí (the area where most
Nicaraguan cigars are produced) tends to be strong, while that grown in Jalapa, to
the north, is typically more balanced and elegant. Together they combine to create
a full-flavored cigar, full of rich coffee notes and balanced by a cedary sweetness
with a hint of raisins.
Best of all is the price: at only $6.80, this superb smoke is less expensive than all
but one cigar on this list (No. 23, which is a nickel cheaper.) The word “Colorado” in
the brand name refers to the dark, slightly reddish hue of the wrapper, and is a hint
that Quesada will expand this line to more styles. It will be hard to improve upon
this.
MADE BY: Segovia Cigars (Nestor Plasencia)
FACTORY LOCATION: Nicaragua
WRAPPER: Nicaragua
BINDER: Nicaragua
FILLER: Nicaragua
PRICE: $6.80
RING GAUGE: 52
LENGTH: 5 1/2?
RATING: 93
bodied, most of them a blend of Dominican filler and binder tobaccos cloaked with
light Connecticut-seed wrappers. His latest endeavors are bolder, more vibrant
smokes. The Casa Magna is his greatest innovation. He joined forces with
Nicaragua’s largest grower of cigar tobacco, Nestor Plasencia, and created this
blend in Plasencia’s Segovia Cigar factory. The line of five cigars saw first light in
the summer at an industry trade show and the entire brand was initially reviewed in
the August 26 Cigar Insider. Standing above the other sizes was the robusto, a
stubby cigar with a bold heart of Cuban-seed tobacco, all of it grown in two very
different regions of Nicaragua: tobacco from Estelí (the area where most
Nicaraguan cigars are produced) tends to be strong, while that grown in Jalapa, to
the north, is typically more balanced and elegant. Together they combine to create
a full-flavored cigar, full of rich coffee notes and balanced by a cedary sweetness
with a hint of raisins.
Best of all is the price: at only $6.80, this superb smoke is less expensive than all
but one cigar on this list (No. 23, which is a nickel cheaper.) The word “Colorado” in
the brand name refers to the dark, slightly reddish hue of the wrapper, and is a hint
that Quesada will expand this line to more styles. It will be hard to improve upon
this.
MADE BY: Segovia Cigars (Nestor Plasencia)
FACTORY LOCATION: Nicaragua
WRAPPER: Nicaragua
BINDER: Nicaragua
FILLER: Nicaragua
PRICE: $6.80
RING GAUGE: 52
LENGTH: 5 1/2?
RATING: 93
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