Later this month, a 6 x 52 box-pressed torpedo will leave the Oliva aging vault for New Hampshire-based Federal Cigar. The Federal Cigar 93rd Anniversary Reserve No. 2 is the latest in a growing line of limited edition exclusives for the store, although this particular cigar differs in that it was originally destined for a much different project. “(It’s) a prototype Master Blends project that never came to fruition,” said Rick Gadway, owner of Federal Cigar. Gadway is referring to the Oliva Master Blends, the flagship line of the Oliva Cigar Co. and a series that has not undergone an update since 2006. “About 18 months ago TABOLISA (the Oliva factory) began to reorganize their aging rooms in Nicaragua, said John Gazerro, regional manager for Oliva. “We found some pretty interesting odds and ends. There were a lot of mismatched MB1’s and MB2’s and also a few thousand torpedoes that were rolled about ten years ago.” Gadway and Gazerro smoked the torpedo and it was agreed it would become an anniversary release for Federal Cigar. According to Gadway the cigars were rolled in either 2003 or 2004, in between the release of the Master Blends 1 and Master Blends 2. It’s made entirely of Nicaraguan ...
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