The No. 2 cigar in Cigar Aficionado top 25.
The Aging Room Quattro
was created by brand owner Rafael
Nodal of Boutique Blends Cigars and cigarmaker Jochi Blanco of
Tabacalera La Palma. The name Concerto is a nod to the musical
background of Nodal, an accomplished violin player and pianist who began
selling cigars in 2002, first under the name Oliveros. Blanco, who
grows tobacco and makes cigars, turned to some of his homegrown leaves
for the bunch and a rather unusual wrapper to cloak the Churchill-sized
cigar.
The wrappers were grown on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and while
Sumatra seed grown elsewhere is a big component in the premium cigar
industry, the Sumatra that actually grows in Indonesia doesn’t play as
heavily in the premium cigar world. Indonesian tobacco gets more use on
machine-made cigars, particularly the tiny dry-cured variety that are
made in Europe. The story goes that the wrapper leaves used for this
cigar had been sitting around in a warehouse owned by a German cigar
producer before they were found by the Aging Room team. The result is a
balanced, sophisticated cigar that displays rich notes of roasted coffee
bean and sweet cedar.
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