AJ Fernandez Cigars San Lotano Oval Connecticut

San Lotano Oval Connecticut

Holt's Staff Reviews · May 24, 2024

Before AJ Fernandez created New World cigars, the first brand he introduced under his own name was San Lotano Oval, in 2010, and today I’m smoking the Connecticut blend in a 5.5-by-54 Robusto. San Lotano Oval cigars are named for the unusual oval shapes they’re rolled in – similar to a box-pressed format but with softly rounded edges that comfortably fit in the mouth. San Lotano Oval cigars are handmade in Estelí, Nicaragua, where AJ Fernandez has expanded the footprint of his tobacco farms and cigar factories at a fast pace over the past ten years.

San Lotano Oval Connecticut Petit Robusto

Halfwheel · Mar 20, 2015 · February 2014

The San Lotano line is one I find myself passing by too often, if for not other reason other than its sheer ubiquitousness in the humidors I tend to visit. After three of the Oval Connecticut Petit Robusto, I’m inclined to say that practice will be changing a bit. Thinking of the San Lotano Oval Connecticut blend as just another Connecticut or something too mild for your palate is short-sighted and a disservice, as I can tell you that there wasn’t a single moment where my senses weren’t fully engaged by the cigar. In some ways, it can almost be too much at times—or at least too much for you might be expecting from a such a cigar. But for those times when you want to start with a solid Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and amp the flavor up from there, you’d be hard-pressed to be find many cigars that offer then strength and balance of the Oval Connecticut.

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