Earlier this year, attendees of factory tours at A.J. Fernandez’s Tabacalera Fernandez S.A. began posting about various new projects that he was working on, one of which was known simply as Last Call. As the story goes, the cigar would get handed out to guests staying at the company’s large Casa Blanca house during the last quarter of NFL games. Eventually, it was decided that the cigar would be released as part of the new Portfolio Series, a collection of private blends and limited edition products made with other tobaccos. Last Call measures 4 1/2 x 48 with a covered foot and uses an Ecuadorian habano rosado wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers grown by Fernandez. It’s priced at $5 per cigar and packaged in boxes of 25, which are offered only to the company’s brick and mortar accounts. Cigar Reviewed: Country of Origin: Factory: Wrapper: Binder: Filler: Length: Ring Gauge: Vitola: MSRP: Release Date: Number of Cigars Released: Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: The cigar features a retro-looking band with red text over an off-white background. It’s a bit of an interesting contrast to the boxes which uses gold lettering on a darker wood color, something that looks a lot more modern. That ...
↧