Alfonso cigars are made by Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco at the Tabacos de Costa Rica factory in Costa Rica, and both lines carried here rest for five years, mostly in Spanish cedar-lined rooms before a final stage in rooms lined with French oak. Strength runs from medium to medium-full. The Alfonso Extra Añejo pairs an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and binder with Nicaraguan ligero and Peruvian filler, and typically opens into cedar and toasted bread in a medium-bodied smoke. The Alfonso Gran Selección, which the company calls a darker sequel, uses an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a Peruvian binder with Dominican and Nicaraguan filler; expect typical notes of chocolate, brown sugar and baking spice, medium to full in body. Start with the Extra Añejo, then move to the Gran Selección for more depth.
Alfonso Cigars
Alfonso Cigars is an ultra-premium line from Selected Tobacco, created by legendary blender Nelson Alfonso as a showcase of meticulous aging, refined flavor, and old-world cigar tradition.
Aged for years in carefully controlled cedar and French oak environments, Alfonso cigars deliver a luxuriously smooth profile, ranging from medium-bodied in the Extra Añejo to medium-to-full in the darker Gran Selección, with layered complexity tailored for serious connoisseurs.
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Alfonso Cigars
Frequently asked questions about Alfonso Cigars
Who makes Alfonso cigars and where are they made?
Alfonso cigars come from Selected Tobacco S.A., the company owned by Nelson Alfonso Egüed, whose name the brand carries. Like the company's other brands, such as Atabey and Byron, they are made at the Tabacos de Costa Rica factory in Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica. United Cigars distributes them in the US.
How strong are Alfonso cigars?
Alfonso cigars run from medium to medium-full. The Alfonso Extra Añejo, with its Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, is the medium-bodied option. Cigar Aficionado (2023) describes the darker Alfonso Gran Selección, with its Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, as medium-to-full-bodied.
Which Alfonso cigar should I try first, and how do the lines differ?
Start with the Alfonso Extra Añejo. It uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and binder over Nicaraguan ligero and Peruvian filler, and typically shows cedar and toasted bread notes. halfwheel named it its number 1 cigar of 2022. The Alfonso Gran Selección, which Selected Tobacco calls a darker sequel to the Extra Añejo, uses an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, a Peruvian binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan filler, and typically shows chocolate, brown sugar and baking spice. Both are aged for five years, mainly in Spanish cedar-lined rooms, with a final stage in French oak-lined rooms.
Where can I buy Alfonso cigars?
Oxford Cigar Company carries a selection of Alfonso Cigars on its Alfonso Cigars category page: https://oxfordcigarcompany.com/alfonso-cigars/. Free US shipping on orders $50+.