Today's evening cigar selection is a beast of a cigar, the Nub Connecticut. Nub is part of Oliva Cigars and are short cigars with big ring gauges that allows a cigar to smoke the same for the entire cigar. This medium flavored cigar has an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and Nicaraguan fillers and binder.

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Cigar Dave 8-20-20 Lightation Ceremony - Nub Connecticut

Today's selection for the International Cigar Lightation Ceremony is the Padron Family Reserve 50 Years to celebrate the Tampa Bay Lightning's game 5 overtime winner to knock out the Blue Jackets and advance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This beautiful Nicarguan Puro is made from tobaccos aged 10 years for a smooth, full-bodied smoke.

Cigar Dave 8-20-20 Lightation Ceremony - Padron Family Reserve 50 Years

Today's cigar for the International Lightation Ceremony is the La Gloria Cubana Serie R Maduro, a favorite of Colonel Ange who joins me today on our new Bold Alpha podcast. This cigar medium-to-full bodied cigar has notes of chocolate, coffee and spice from the Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Nicaragauna and Dominican fillers.

Cigar Dave 8-18-20 Lightation Ceremony - La Gloria Cubana Serie R Maduro

Cigar Dave's conversation with Davidoff Brand Ambassador Klaas Kelner continues as they review the entire portfolio of Davidoff cigars.

Cigar Dave 8-14-20 - Klaas Kelner Part 3

To wrap up Davidoff Week I've selected the Davidoff Escurio as a perfect way to kick of the weekend for the International Cigar Lightation Ceremony. This beautiful cigar is made an oily dark Ecuadorian Habano Wrapper and uses Brazilian and Dominican tobaccos in the binder and filler.

Cigar Dave 8-14-20 Lightation Ceremony - Davidoff Escurio

Today’s cigar selection for Davidoff week is the Davidoff Yamasá, named for the valley in the Dominican Republic that can be difficult to grow tobacco. When you get it right though you get beautiful, earthy, spicy cigars like Yamasá.

Cigar Dave 8-13-20 Lightation Ceremony - Davidoff Yamasá

Part 2 of my conversation with Davidoff Brand Ambassador Klaas Kelner about as we talk about their new releases including the Special 53, The Year Of The Ox, Madison Exclusive and he teases a new release that's coming next month.

Cigar Dave 8-12-20 - Klaas Kelner Part 2

Today's cigar selection for the International Cigar Lightation Ceremony is the Davidoff Millennium Blend using a special Ecuadorian 151 wrapper created by Master Blender Henke Kelner which is rich, oily and very flavorful.

Cigar Dave 8-12-20 Lightation Ceremony - Davidoff Millenium Blend

Today’s cigar selection is the super premium Davidoff Aniversario Double ‘R’, a long cigar that includes a beautiful multi-layered blend spanning four different tobacco harvests.

Cigar Dave 8-11-20 Lightation Ceremony - Davidoff Aniversario Double 'R'

It's Davidoff Week on the Cigar Dave Podcast and we are joined by Klaas Kelner, Senior Manager for Brand Activations for Davidoff, for part 1 of my interview with him.  We discuss his background into the Premium Cigar industry as he is the son of Hankie Kelner, Master Blender for Davidoff, how virtual events are working during the Chinese Wuhan Virus lock downs and how your local cigar retailers have been impacted. 

Cigar Dave 8-10-20 - Klaas Kelner Part 1

Today's selection for the Davidoff Week International Cigar Lightation Ceremony is the Davidoff Nicaragua. This beautiful stick is not a traditional Davidoff cigar in terms of taste complexion. It's a medium-to-full bodied smoke with a Nicaraguan habano jalapa wrapper and binder and fillers from 3 different areas of Nicaragua.

Cigar Dave 8-10-20 Lightation Ceremony - Davidoff Nicaragua

Today's cigar selection for the International Lightation Ceremony is the EP Carrillo Dusk which is named for the time of day that EP Carrillo loves to enjoy a cigar. This stick features a deep, rich, chocolaty brown Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, Ecuadorian binders and Nicaraguan fillers for a beautiful medium-bodied smoke.

Cigar Dave 8-7-20 Lightation Ceremony - EP Carrillo Dusk

For today's International Lightation Ceremony I've chosen the Corona Nicaraguan Selection 20th Anniversary FSG, created by Jeff Borysiewicz from Corona Cigars to commemorate their 20th anniversary.  This medium-to-full bodied cigar has a unique Cubanesque taste which is very smooth with interesting notes.

Cigar Dave 8-6-20 Lightation Ceremony - Corona Nicaragua 20th Anniversary FSG

Today's cigar selection for the International Cigar Lightation Ceremony is the brand new Rocky Patel Quarter Century 25th Anniversary to celebrate Rocky's 25 years in the cigar industry. This stick features a Mexican San Andres wrapper and embodied everything he holds sacred including hard work, dedication and attention to detail. 

Cigar Dave 8-5-20 Lightation Ceremony - Rocky Patel Quarter Century

Today's International Cigar Lightation selection is the Baccarat cigars, now owned by Davidoff and produced in the Camacho factory in Honduras. This cigar is among the top selling cigars in the Davidoff line of cigars.

Cigar Dave 8-4-20 Lightation Ceremony - Baccarat

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