Alfonso Gran Selección Preciosos
The Alfonso Gran Selección is described as a darker version of the Alfonso Extra Añejo. Given that the Extra Añejo was #1 on halfwheel’s Top 25 of 2022, the bar has been set very high.
Byron 1850 No. 2
Nelson Alfonso returns to his French oak-lined aging room for the Byron 1850 line.
Alfonso Extra Añejo No. 3
One of the new creations from Selected Tobacco S.A. bears the name of the company’s founder, Nelson Alfonso Egüed. The six-vitola Alfonso line is made up of an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and binder along with Nicaraguan ligero and Peruvian filler tobaccos.
Atabey Sabios
There are now a dozen different sizes of Atabey, the rather expensive brand from Costa Rica. For what it’s worth, the other two brands from…
Atabey Misticos
The market for cigars priced $20 or more is somewhat stronger than I would have expected, and at the top of the list for new…
Atabey Hechizos
When it comes to the Atabey line of cigars, it seems like there’s as much unknown about them as there is seemingly known. Nelson Alfonso—who…
Atabey Spiritus
Earlier this year, Selected Tobacco expanded its Atabey offering by three new vitolas. One of those new vitolas is the Atabey Spiritus, a 7 1/2 x…
Atabey Misticos
There aren’t a ton of people in the cigar business with a Wikipedia page. Nelson Alfonso Egüed has one and it’s well deserved. Alfonso is the…
