About Micallef Cigars

Watch the story of Micallef Cigars, and listen to Al Micallef talk about how he turned a Good Samaritan incident into the beginnings of founding a fast-growing international cigar company.

Two inspiring families, handcrafting inspiring cigars. Micallef Cigars is a partnership between the family of Al Micallef, with expertise in worldwide commerce, and Gomez Sanchez, with expertise in handcrafting the finest cigar lines in the world.

PARTAGAS LEGEND

Partagas Legend pays tribute to the historical figures that brought this venerable brand to prominence. The attributes they set forth – elegance, discernment and meticulous construction – ring true in this three-cigar collection.

Handcrafted of the finest aged tobaccos, the blend has been masterfully configured with deeply aged Dominican and Honduran Olancho San Agustin leaves and is crowned with a lustrous Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper.

The result is a layered, nuanced collection with pleasant notes of cocoa and earth. The box-pressed vitolas are presented in sophisticated, white lacquered boxes.

 CLASSIC PARTAGAS 1845

Partagas wrappers are still grown in Cameroon, where the hot, foggy, sub-tropical African climate is ideal for cultivating full-flavored leaves that cannot be produced in any other part of the world. Renowned for their model construction and signature taste, Partagas cigars are enticingly flavored, with rich, spicy notes for a profound, deeply structured smoking experience. It is no wonder that Partagas cigars are preferred by influential cigar enthusiasts who demand the ultimate in taste and craftsmanship.

PARTAGAS 1845 / EXTRA FUERTE

Partagas 1845 is the culmination of 167 years of heritage and expert cigar making. Under the guidance of the legendary Benji Menendez, the Dominican and Nicaraguan blend was developed with proprietary tobaccos, each aged in Dominican rum barrels. The Connecticut Habano binder, developed by General Cigar, imparts a touch of sweetness and allows the lustrous Ecuadoran Habano Viso wrapper to shine. Subtle hints of coffee and cocoa impart layers of complexity, resulting in a sublime smoking experience.

Extra Fuerte blends unmistakable Nicaraguan spice with a lush Ecuadoran Habano ligero wrapper for a memorable smoke that combines intensity with complexity.

 PARTAGAS RAMON Y RAMON

Partagás honors its heritage with Ramon y Ramon, a collection encompassing rare tobaccos and vintage seeds from a time when Cuban cigar legend Ramon Cifuentes oversaw tobacco growing for the brand. In a proprietary process of regeneration developed by in-house agronomists, a special variety of old-world Dominican tobacco was restored solely for this cigar. This vintage tobacco is paired with Nicaraguan Jalapa and Dominican Piloto Cubano and is bound with a Dominican leaf. With a rich and opulent high-priming Cameroon wrapper from the Belita region, the blend of Ramon y Ramon builds upon the essence of Partagás, yielding an exciting smoke that is at once sweet, extremely flavorful with hints of pepper, strong and sublime.

PARTAGAS BLACK LABEL

Full flavored and full bodied, Partagas Black Label cigars have been named to Robb Report’s “Best of the Best” list and were also bestowed with a 90 rating from Cigar Insider. The star of Partagas Black Label cigars is its wrapper, a well-oiled Connecticut Medio Tiempo leaf that is proprietary to General Cigar. When blended with Nicaraguan and Dominican ligero and bound with a Dominican binder developed by General Cigar, the unmistakable, bold flavor of Partagas Black Label cigars is coveted by tenured cigar enthusiasts.

Jean-Michel Louis

Saga Ambassador

Jean-Michel Louis, the Saga Ambassador, is Belgian born and has been living in the Dominican Republic for over 30 years.

After an all-encompassing tobacco adventure as a cigar shop owner, cigar event organizer and playing different roles in the inter-mediation of tobacco, he joined the family-owned, De Los Reyes Cigars, in 2015. De Los Reyes Cigars produces many hand-made premium cigars including Saga.

When not traveling, it’s at the factory that Jean-Michel Louis drives his car every day.

Saga Golden Age

A timeless blend of classic tobacco seeds that uses the nobility of the tobacco to bring you the perfect balance of power and flavor.

It narrates better than words can describe, the history of a family's tradition in tobacco, delivering a cigar much like the ones they used to smoke in the times of Hemingway.

Saga Golden Age is a medium to full body, full flavor Dominican puro.

Saga Short Tales

Introducing a new series in the De los Reyes SAGA: the Short Tales. The first release of the series is a powerful cigar that showcases a selection of high primings.

This full body beauty starts with a peppery kick to get your attention, and develops into an array of flavors that will keep you captive for way longer that its look would have you foresee.

Another great addition to the SAGA, and one more demonstration of the "savoir-faire" of the De los Reyes six generations of tobacco affairs.

Saga Blend No 7

Every new blend borrows from the past. Blend No. 7 is the perfect combination of timeless knowledge of traditional tobaccos and the newer balance that today's smokers expect and love in a finer cigar.

Saga Blend No. 7 is a full flavor, medium bodied cigar.

Wrapper: Habano Brazil

Binder: Habano Dominicano

Filler: Mix of Central-American and Dominican tobaccos

Tarrica Wine Cellars

Tarrica Wine Cellars is a small, family owned winery started in 2000 in the Paso Robles Wine Country. The focus of our winery is to produce value priced wines that are a clear expression of viticultural origin and varietal flavor.

Tarrica Wine Cellars farms and sources grapes primarily in the Paso Robles viticultural area, which is ideally situated for growing premium varietal wine grapes. Nestled slightly inland, the warm, clear days are insulated from clouds, fog, and severe winds so sufficient heat reaches the grapes. Following sunset, a marine layer moves over the region and cools temperatures approximately 50 degrees, providing conditions conducive to maintaining outstanding acid structure and overall balance. 

Most consider this fluctuation to be a key component to the varietal character displayed in the resulting wines. Read More.