When most folks hear the name "Nero," the initial thought is of the emperor who fiddled while Rome burned. That story may be apocryphal, but if it isn't, it would be understandable if the fire was set accidentally from a misplaced medieval cigar lighter used to activate a Nero Extra Churchill Maduro cigar.
OK, that's a stretch, considering these quality cigars are brought to you by Nestor Plasencia, who wasn't exactly born in the Roman era. But these sticks, made exclusively for Thompson Cigar, are good enough that it would be easy to miss buildings burning around you as the result of being too focused on the cigar.
Plasencia is one of the leaders of the Central American cigar industry, and his facilities produce cigars for the likes of Alec Bradley, Rocky Patel and Gurkha. That care and quality is evident here, as the blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobacco is accentuated by a Costa Rican Maduro wrapper.
Two things in particular stand out for me here. The first is that it's one of the darkest smokes available, a big plus for someone like me who loves the Maduro. And the second is that the construction and tobacco blend produce a cool-looking silvery ash that seems to hang on the end of the cigar like something out of the movies. It's hard not to feel cool smoking one of these, and the taste makes it one of the most enjoyable options around. Even if you're not actually the Emperor of Rome.
OK, that's a stretch, considering these quality cigars are brought to you by Nestor Plasencia, who wasn't exactly born in the Roman era. But these sticks, made exclusively for Thompson Cigar, are good enough that it would be easy to miss buildings burning around you as the result of being too focused on the cigar.
Plasencia is one of the leaders of the Central American cigar industry, and his facilities produce cigars for the likes of Alec Bradley, Rocky Patel and Gurkha. That care and quality is evident here, as the blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobacco is accentuated by a Costa Rican Maduro wrapper.
Two things in particular stand out for me here. The first is that it's one of the darkest smokes available, a big plus for someone like me who loves the Maduro. And the second is that the construction and tobacco blend produce a cool-looking silvery ash that seems to hang on the end of the cigar like something out of the movies. It's hard not to feel cool smoking one of these, and the taste makes it one of the most enjoyable options around. Even if you're not actually the Emperor of Rome.
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