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New World
Grown and blended outside Cuba — Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Ecuador and beyond. New World makers have redefined premium cigar-making with bold innovation and diverse microclimates.
Leaf Composition
Growing Region — Estelí
Bold, peppery ligero; the engine-room of Nicaraguan premium production
The heart of Nicaraguan premium cigar production. Produces bold, peppery ligero that forms the strength backbone of most major Nicaraguan blends. Home to more major cigar factories than any other single city outside Havana: AJ Fernandez, My Father, Drew Estate, Padrón, Rocky Patel, Foundation, and Warfighter's Tabacalera Carreras.
Flavour Profile
producer baselineThe Brand
Veteran-owned. Founded 2016 by Army infantry veterans Scott Jansen and Jon Simons. Designed for military, law enforcement, and first responders. Donates to Heroes Sports and Warfighter Scuba.
LLC papers signed in a Nebraska farmhouse
Jansen and Simons sign the Warfighter Tobacco Company LLC papers in a Nebraska farmhouse in February 2016. First cigars released in August 2016. The brand is one of very few veteran-owned premium cigar companies in the USA.
Both deployed to Iraq
Jansen and Simons both deploy to Iraq in 2003. The cigars they smoked together in the field are part of the personal story behind the brand — 'We're not heroes, but we served with them.'
Scott Jansen and Jon Simons meet at Fort Campbell
US Army infantry veterans Scott Jansen and Jon Simons meet at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Their shared love of cigars and military service forms the foundation of what would become Warfighter Tobacco.
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