New Man O' War Armada
Joshua Smelko
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Hey all you Man O' War fans, coming soon from Tabacalera Fernandez...ARMADA!
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THIS PAGE sorry... no dollar bill
the cigar is even better. i gave it a 94 for a reason. i have a feeling it will age well too. the box is a good idea. also keep in mind that one of the 5 that i got on 7-29-10 will be in my 10k post contest. should have some serious age on it then.
im very happy that this cigar is going to be released. if i have room in the humi then ill have to at least split a box.
I am trying to work with my marketing people to free up some space in the budget to do a special reduced price package of a couple cigars for forum members only so they can try it at a reasonable price. Hopefully it will go through but if it does, there will be a very limited number of packs. i will keep you posted on the specifics of such a deal as I finalize it. I imagine there will be some sort of post count minimum to qualify so get busy ramping up your posts between now and mid october LOL
the cigar itself is a real treat. Wrapper is a ligero Sumatra Ecuador form the 2005 crop that fermented for about 3.5 years and has aged for an additional 2. This level of fermentation actually qualifies it as a maduro. to my knowledge it is the first Sumatra Ecuador Sun Grown Maduro. The reason this wrapper is so rare is because.
1. Only 1% of the crop was a ligero of wrapper quality
2. Sumatra leaves tend to be a bit thinner so rarely can you ferment them for more than 2 years without damaging the leaf. As such, there was a lot of wasted leaf trying to get the wrappers this dark and juicy.
The filler is all ligero as well grown from Cuban seeds. We used Ligeros from AJ's farm in Esteli as well as ligeros from isla omotepe where Aj has a contract farm. Both of these ligeros are from the 2008 crop. These two varieties are rounded out with a very, very, very special and limited ligero filler also grown in 2008. This is a leaf that no one in the world has, of that I can assure you. This particular filler is about 40% of the total filler and together with the wrapper is the secret sauce to the blend. The binder is a cuban seed grown in Jalapa Nicaragua in 2007. It is a viso priming so upper middle part of the plant. It is the only leaf in the entire cigar that is not taken from the very top of the plant. While it adds great flavor, I had to pick it based on combustion. The cigar simply would not burn with more ligero.