Lost & Found: Late to the Party 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.

In 2022, Lost & Found announced that they would also be offering cigars that have been specially commissioned from factories and intentionally aged prior to release. One of the those cigars is Late to the Party, a blend comprising a Habano Oscuro wrapper, a Mexican San Andrés binder, and a filler of Broadleaf, Condega, and Corojo tobaccos. It's fashioned at the Tabacalera Mina del Rey and presented in a 5 3/4 x 52 Robusto vitola.