It’s rare that we get the opportunity to sit and relax with large format cigars… at least uninterrupted. But if there’s ever a chance… at least for me… it’s the summer. Whether relaxing poolside, enjoying an outdoor café or even just strolling through the neighborhood, the pleasure of smoking a large cigar is really unmatched.

Large cigars smoke very differently than smaller ones. First of all, they have more opportunity to change as you smoke them. Because premium cigars are “long-filler”, as you smoke them the flavor develops from start to finish as you smoke the tobacco leaves from tip to stem, and also as the residual oils and tars accumulate within the leaves. Additionally, a larger format keeps the hottest part of the cigar the furthest from your mouth, and larger ring gauges incorporate more air into the smoke as well resulting in an often cooler smoke.

Here are a few of my favorite large format cigars.

Always at your service,

Michael Herklots
General Manager
Davidoff of Geneva New York Boutiques at Madison Avenue and Columbus Circle