Tabernacle Havana Seed CT No.142 David 5" * 54

This medium to full-bodied smoke offers enticing notes of earth, spice, cedar and a pleasing sweetness. Its USA Connecticut Broadleaf Colorado Maduro wrapper covers a Mexican San Andres binder and long-filler leaves from Nicaragua and Honduras. The cigars are handmade at AJ Fernandez’s Tabacalera Fernandez factory in Nicaragua. The vitola’s name and its artwork was inspired by the bible story of “David and Goliath.” The centerpiece for this sought-after cigar is its wrapper.  Since 2014, Foundation Cigars founder and master blender, Nicholas Melillo has worked in concert with farmers from the Connecticut River Valley to develop this exquisite wrapper. The wrapper is known for its attractive reddish hue and extreme oily nature and requires three years to ferment.

• Brands
  Tabernacle Havana Seed CT

  For Foundation Cigars Founder and Master Blender, Nick Melillo, the “broadleaf is more than tobacco for me. It’s something sacred.” The Tabernacle Havana Seed CT is a true testament of Melillo’s passion for the broadleaf. The Havana Seed CT #142 wrapper was developed by Melillo and top farmers from the Connecticut River Valley. The tobacco leaves from the Havana Seed CT #142 take three years to ferment. This long fermentation process produces a medium- to full-bodied smoke with hints of cedar, spice, rich earthiness and natural sweetness. Handmade in Nicaragua by the Tabacalera Fernandez factory, the Tabernacle Havana Seed CT wrapper surrounds a binder made of tobacco from San Andrés, Mexico, which holds a delightful blend of tobacco from Estelí and Jalapa, Nicaragua. Turn your humidor into a shrine by adding the Tabernacle Havana Seed CT.
• Cigar Shape
  Perfecto

  The Perfecto shape has two tapered, closed ends with a rounded head, a closed foot, and a bulge in the middle. They can vary in length and ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  5"

  This cigar is 5 inches long, or 127 mm.
• Origin
  Nicaragua

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  54

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 54, so his diameter is 54/64 inches or 21.34 mm.
• Strength
  Full
• Wrapper Color
  Colorado Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Colorado maduro wrapper is milk chocolate brown.
• Single Packaging
  None
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  AJ Fernandez

  Cuban expatriate AJ Fernandez produces handmade cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua at the Tabacalera Fernandez factory. Fernandez learned everything he knows about tobacco and cigarmaking from his late grandfather, cigar legend Alejandro Robaina.
• Cigar Wrapper
  USA Connecticut Broadleaf

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Connecticut Broadleaf is grown in the United States' Connecticut Valley and is prized for its dark, oily, full flavored and aromatic characteristics. The plants are grown in full sun giving this cigar wrapper its characteristic sweetness. The Connecticut Broadleaf plant leaves are mainly processed as maduro tobacco. Today, Connecticut Broadleaf seeds are being grown in other countries besides the United States.
• Cigar Binder
  Mexican San Andres

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  The San Andres region in Mexico is known for producing some of the best tobacco in the world. The tobacco is stalk cut and valued for its rich dark color and used to make noteworthy maduro wrappers and binders.
• Cigar Filler
  Esteli

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Jalapa

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Jamastran

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.