Mitchell Orchant of C. Gars Ltd. in the United Kingdom should be a familiar name to many readers of this site; he is one of the top retailers of cigars in the country and runs a huge online store, as well as quarterly auctions of vintage Cuban cigars. His name has also appeared on a few cigars, first starting with his own curated selections of Cuban cigars that he dubbed Orchant Seleccion for their particular quality, and then working with Akhil Kapacee of Regius Cigars on an Orchant Seleccion branded release in September 2013, with a second installment released in July 2014. As I mentioned in my review of the Regius Orchant Seleccion, the designation started with Orchant offering hand-selected Cuban cigars via his UK shops that represent “the finest examples of brand, vitola and vintage.” He selects a brand and size of choice with the assistance of Sean Croley, Director of Hunters & Frankau, then a factory and date code, and then he checks the wrapper color and condition of the cigars, pulling samples from four random boxes of a mastercase. If he finds those cigars to be what he describes as a “blend of merit,” Orchant releases between 32–64 boxes of ...
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