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Foundation Cigar Company: Nick Melillo, Charter Oak and Olmec

Nicholas Melillo left Drew Estate in 2015 and built Foundation around Nicaraguan Corojo 99. The Tabernacle, Charter Oak, Olmec, Highclere Castle, Menelik and Wise Man, with every wrapper, size and factory.

Alfonso: Five Years in Cedar and French Oak

Alfonso is Selected Tobacco's third brand, made at Tabacos de Costa Rica in Santiago de Puriscal and aged five years in cedar and French oak rooms under deliberately fluctuated humidity. Extra Anejo and Gran Seleccion, size by size.

Byron: Three Centuries, Costa Rica and Years of Ageing

Byron is a Selected Tobacco brand made at Tabacos de Costa Rica, with filler aged four years and finished cigars aged five more. The Siglo XIX, XX and XXI series, the vitolas, and the vintage numbered releases.

Atabey: The Costa Rican Cigar Aged for Years in Spain

Atabey is made by Nelson Alfonso's Selected Tobacco at Tabacos de Costa Rica, rolled in Costa Rica and then aged in Spain for five to ten years. All twelve vitolas, the deliberately undisclosed blend, and how to approach the line.

AVO Cigars: Avo Uvezian, Henke Kelner and the Syncro Line

AVO began in Puerto Rico in 1987 as Bolero, was renamed for its founder, and grew from 5,000 cigars a year to more than three million. Classic, Heritage, XO, Domaine, Syncro Nicaragua and the new Expresivo.