Lost & Found: Malditos Bastardos HVA Corona Gorda Cigars

To say that Lost & Found is a special project is to put it somewhat mildly. Lost & Found is a clandestine endeavor created by Robert Caldwell of Caldwell Cigar Company and Tony Bellatto of La Barba Cigars. The brand itself doesn't fashion or create any of their own cigars, per se. Instead, Caldwell and Bellatto have utilized the potential of "lost" cigars forgotten in the vast warehouses of other manufacturers. It goes something like this: Whenever a cigar brand rolls and boxes cigars for a particular line or release, they're inevitably left with, well, leftovers — either only so many boxes were made or the series was capped at a certain number, the surplus left on the factories' shelves. Caldwell and Bellatto, then, "find" these "lost" cigars, rebrand them, and offer them to consumers. While the blends' original components and company of manufacture remain anonymous, connoisseurs can count on them being from some of the most reputable names in the industry and having several years worth of age to them. Lost & Found offers some of the best kept secrets in the cigar industry and has developed a loyal following.

Offered here is the Malditos Bastardos HVA, literally translating to "Cursed Bastards" in Spanish. It's originally of 2017 vintage, comprising Dominican fillers and binder within an HVA hybrid-seed wrapper from Ecuador, and all proceeds of the Malditos Bastardos go to support the Camillus House, a charity organization in Miami, Florida, dedicated to providing medical care and housing to the city's homeless population.