A Complete Guide To Joya de Nicaragua Cigars

Nicaragua’s first premium cigar brand, Joya de Nicaragua has been honing the craft of fine handmades for over 50 years. Using the richest of leaves plucked from the nation’s dense soils, the brand has created an entire world of flavorful and satisfying tobacco blends. Each Joya de Nicaragua cigar is rolled by some of the world’s most experienced hands, aged to perfection, and tested for draw performance before it ever leaves the factory – that’s why they’re known as some of the most consistent offerings on the market, offering a reliably excellent smoke each time you fire one up. Browse our full selection and treat yourself to Joya’s uniquely distinguished cigar legacy now.

Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970

W – Nicaragua

B – Nicaragua

F – Nicaragua

Strength: Full

Origin: Nicaragua

The original powerhouse cigar, Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970 has long been a favorite among those who favor strong and ultra-rich smokes. Rolled using a saporous, ligero-heavy selection of all-Nicaraguan tobaccos, the mighty Antano 1970 is unusually smooth in delivery of its leathery, spicy, and earthy flavors. This legendary blend has earned several high ratings over the years including a noteworthy 92 from Cigar Aficionado.

Joya de Nicaragua Antano Connecticut

W – Ecuador

B – Nicaragua

F – Nicaragua

Strength: Medium

Origin: Nicaragua

Pairing a silky Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper with a dense blend of the brand’s signature Nicaraguan tobaccos, the Antano Connecticut offers an ultra-smooth take on the Antano 1970’s much-celebrated bold flavor. With a warm profile marked with nutty, earthy, and bready tasting notes, the Antano Connecticut pays great complement to a good cup of coffee.

Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo

W – Nicaragua

B – Nicaragua

F – Nicaragua

Strength: Full

Origin: Nicaragua

Reinventing and reinvigorating the famous Antano cigar recipe, the Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo uses a potent corojo wrapper leaf to create its powerful dark charms. Unmistakably full in body, the Dark Corojo is teeming with heavy notes of spice, cacao, leathery molasses, and more for those who seek the boldest of vibrations.

Joya de Nicaragua Antano Gran Reserva

W – Nicaragua

B – Nicaragua

F – Nicaragua

Strength: Medium-full

Origin: Nicaragua

Putting a vintage twist on the best-selling Antano 1970 blend, the Joya de Nicaragua Antano Gran Reserva uses 5-year-aged Nicaraguan filler leaves under an oily Corojo wrapper to provide a peppery-sweet companion to its full-bodied successor. Although it still carries the hallmark Nicaraguan tasting tones of nuts, cocoa, and woodiness, this elevation of the almighty Antano adds a few extra degrees of smoothness to its toasty flavor profile.

Joya Black

W – Mexico

B – Nicaragua

F – Nicaragua

Strength: Medium

Origin: Nicaragua

Employing a majestic Mexican San Andres wrapper leaf over a balanced grouping of fine Nicaraguan leaves, the medium-bodied Joya Black greets the palate with opulant flavors of dark chocolate, dried fruit, espresso, woody sweetness, and more. Rated 93 by Cigar Aficionado for its engaging complexity and effortless burn performance, the Joya Black cigar stands among the finest to ever emerge from the oldest factory in Nicaragua.

Joya Cabinetta

W – Ecuador/Nicaragua

B – Nicaragua

F – Nicaragua

Strength: Mellow-medium

Origin: Nicaragua

Mellow to medium in strength, the Joya Cabinetta uses a unique combination of two different wrapper leaves to cover its rounded mix of Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos. With an Ecuadorian shade wrapper on the body and a Nicaraguan Criollo wrapper at the head, the Cabinetta ignites to reveal smooth tomes of leather, creamy hazelnut, almond, and oak while its two-tone appearance turns heads and piques the interest of those nearby.

Joya Red

W – Nicaragua

B – Nicaragua

F – Nicaragua

Strength: Medium

Origin: Nicaragua

A delicious change of pace from Joya’s signature ligero-heavy blends, the refreshing Joya Red uses visos and lower priming Habano wrapper leaves for a bit more subtlety to accompany its lush, medium-bodied flavor. With its rich and beautifully balanced interior blend of tobaccos spanning the famously fertile soils of Nicaragua’s Estelí, Jalapa and Condega growing regions, the Joya Red is a vibrant smoke full of creamy, earthy, and spicy character.

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