Alec Bradley: Prensado Lost Art Gran Toro Cigars

Indicative of this cigar's box press, the Alec Bradley Prensado literally translates to "pressed" in Spanish, and its founder Alan Rubin's homage to traditional Cuban cigar-making practices — most notably rolling the filler entubado, triple-capping the head, and box-pressing the completed cigar. The Prensado's wrapper acts as this cigars focal point, being a proprietary Corojo leaf grown in the Trojes region of Honduras. Inside, then, are Nicaraguan and Honduran fillers, offering a smooth and buttery flavor profile of rich nuance that earned the Prensado Cigar Aficionado's 2011 Cigar of the Year award. The Lost Art is a special version of the original Prensado highlights the same Honduran Corojo wrapper but adds a second Nicaraguan binder around the Honduran of the original.