To celebrate Club Mareva’s opening in Beirut, Casdagli Cigars released ” The Origins Exclusive Lebanon”. It is the first exclusive cigar for Club Mareva. Also, it marks the beginning of a carefully chosen line of cigars that will be developed with the Lebanese Club Mareva partners. The club cigar’s chosen blend and size were personally selected by Najat Abdo and Woody Ghsoubi, the founders of Club Mareva Beirut. Master blender Hendrik Kelner Jr at the Kelner Boutique Factory sourced and aged all the tobacco for this project. Even the cedar tree that adorns the Origins cigar box is a sacred symbol of Lebanon. It represents the deep roots Najat and Woody have developed with Jeremy Casdagli (founder of Casdagli Cigars) and Marko Bilić (founder of Cigar Club Mareva and the International Cigar Smoking World Championship).
“Due to my family origins and heritage in the Middle East, I am extremely excited to be developing a unique line of cigars to cater to the discerning tastes of this region. Moreover, having created a whole line of club cigars for Club Mareva Split, it felt only natural to design a club cigar to its sister club in Beirut, “explains Jeremy Casdagli of the cigar. “It was a truly remarkable experience working closely with one of the most respected Master Blenders alive, Mr. Hendrik Kelner Jr and Mr. Jeremy Casdagli of Casdagli Cigars. The process of choosing our tobacco, checking the different bales at the Kelner Boutique Factory (KBF) warehouse, getting to meet the rollers, and overlooking the extraordinary operations at the factory,” says Woody Ghsoubi.
“As many know, Woody and I are inseparable from cigars, a passion that has evolved on us for over 10 years now. The experience of choosing a blend and watching it evolve over 3-month periods repetitively is priceless and has taught us a lot. Together with Jeremy and Marko Bilić, we worked closely on all the details, from the magnet-closing box design, insert, label, and story behind the cigar. We are truly honored to work with such great people in the industry and have created the Origins, the first club cigar for Club Mareva Beirut. Together with our members in Beirut, we plan on working on many similar projects in the future,” adds Najat Abdo.
The Origins Lebanon release is a 6 inch by 56 ring gauge Toro cigar. The cigars were made back in February 2018 at the Kelner Boutique Factory. The cigar has an Ecuadorian Corojo wrapper, Dominican Cotui binder, and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Peruvian (Pelo D’Oro). Total production will be 2,500 cigars. There will be 250 boxes (10 count boxes) total for the initial release. Each box is individually numbered and signed by Najat Abdo and Woody Ghsoubi. Cigars will be available at Club Mareva in December 2020.