Casdagli Cigars presents a new line of cigars, the Brothers of the Sabre, named after Generals who fought in the Napoleonic wars and gained fame not just for their fighting prowess but also for their love of tobacco. The Brothers of the Sabre was presented at this year’s PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas, USA.
Over the next four years, two new General’s lines will be launched yearly. Each General will have a small line of 2-3 vitolas. Moreover, for the two lines released each year, one would be for France, the other for the coalition of Great Britain, Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Eventually, there will be eight Generals honored. The blends are chosen in some way that would characterize the General these were crafted for.
For 2023’s first release, two Generals will be honored: the “Brave” line for France’s Marshal Michel Ney (nicknamed “The Brave”) and the “Forrader” line for Prussia’s Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (nicknamed “General Forwards”).
“I have long been fascinated by Napoleon’s attempt to conquer Europe, right from my early years at prep school at the age of 8. When I discovered that Napoleon’s Grand Armée was largely responsible for spreading cigar smoking across the continent, I set forth to honor those famous generals on all sides for their love of glory and tobacco. I needed to find generals with interesting anecdotes about their relationship with tobacco. I am pleased that I eventually managed to find anecdotes honoring the counterparts who fought for France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Great Britain. Some of them dying with tobacco in their hand. The anecdotes are presented inside the cigar boxes,” says Jeremy Casdagli, the Founder of Casdagli Cigars.
The Brothers of the Sabre cigars are blended especially for Casdagli Cigars by Hendrik Kelner Jr of the famous Kelner family of Master blenders at the Kelner Boutique Factory in the Dominican Republic. It is the first new line of Casdagli Cigars produced by Hendrik Kelner Jr since the launch of the Cabinet Selection in 2016. The blend of the Brave is made up of an Ecuadorian wrapper over a Dominican binder and fillers. In contrast, the Forrader is made up of an Ecuadorian wrapper over a Dominican binder and fillers from the DR, USA, and Zimbabwe.
The Brave and the Forrader will come in the same sizes: a 50 x 124 mm (4 9/10″) Robusto and a 53 x 165 mm (6 1/2″) Piramide. All cigars come in 20-count natural cedar piano top boxes. The MSRP for the Robustos will be $17,50 and $21 for the Piramides per cigar in the US. The Brothers of the Sabre will be available as a general production to Casdagli Cigars’ distributors in the USA from August and the rest of the world from September 2023.
In celebration of the new cigar line, thematic silk pocket squares will also be released. The pocket squares will soon be available at the Villa Casdagli Collection online shop.