Montecristo: Espada Signature Valiente Cigars

Meaning "sword" in Spanish, Montecristo's Espada cigar is a Nicaraguan Habano puro comprising specially aged varietals from esteemed tobacco grower and factory supervisor Nestor Plasencia. It's the first Nicaraguan puro from Montecristo — hand-rolled at the Plasencia factory — and features a Jalapa-grown wrapper from 2010, a Jalapa-grown binder from 2009, and fillers from 2008 grown in Jalapa, Ometepe, and Condega. Each regular-production vitola is named after a certain component of a sword, but the Valiente size is a limited-edition 6" x 55 vitola.