Cigars in books are nothing news, but I’ve never seen a book full of cigars done quite like this. The Saga Short Tales Series is a planned 10-cigar series, all coming in cigar boxes designed to look like books. While this concept has been done by a variety of companies—Fuente, Habanos S.A and Tatuaje come to mind first, as do Habanos S.A.’s book releases—Saga’s offering is on a different level. The box is designed to look like a worn book and it actually contains a few paper pages with stains on them to mimic age. As for the cigar, the first one is small but designed to pack a punch: it uses a wrapper from Jalapa, Nicaragua, an Indonesian binder and fillers including Connecticut broadleaf and habano and negrito tobaccos grown by the Reyes family, who owns De Los Reyes, parent of the Saga brand. It comes in a single 4 x 58 vitola priced at $8.49 per cigar. 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 wrapper has nice reds in its color and a fair bit of oil. It looks ...
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