Limited Cigar Association June 2026

NOT BRIAN DETAIL:
If you know, you know. Some cigars are too legendary to leave buried in the past. Years ago, I helped bring a cigar to life that became one of those underground releases people still talk about. I sourced it, helped shape the art, and watched it become bigger than anyone expected. The chapter around it got complicated, as things sometimes do in business and friendship, but the cigar itself was always special. Not Brian is our way of honoring the part that deserved to live on: the blend, the moment, and the smoke.
Rolled at Tabacalera Annex in Estelí, Nicaragua, a joint factory between AJ X Privada, with two years of age behind it, and the OGs will know exactly what this is. All tobaccos grown and fermented and blended by AJ Fernandez.
A true single farm puro.

Profile
• Full bodied, rich, bold, aged Nicaraguan power with smoother edges from time.

Tasting Notes
•Cinnamon, cedar, cream, sugar, espresso, cocoa, leather, dark earth, black pepper, roasted nuts, mineral, and a long spicy finish.

Pairing
• Barrel proof bourbon, black coffee, aged rum, or a creamy espresso.

BUCKET DE PEPE DETAIL:
Some cigars become releases, and some become myths. The original Bucket was one of those strange Privada moments that took on a life of its own, with ten packs now floating around the grey market for numbers that still make no sense to me. Ever since then, people have asked when we were going to do another Bucket. So here it is, but this is not the same Bucket. This is the Bucket de Pepe, an ode to Pepe Le Pew, and in my opinion it is miles beyond the original. The binder and fillers come from tobacco grown on Hector Luis Prieto Diaz's farm, not the one in Cuba he is famous for, the one in Estelí, Nicaragua, and the Maduro hybrid wrapper also comes from his farm. With three years of age on it, this cigar brings more depth, more elegance, more sweetness, and more of that strange Privada magic that made the first one imposible to forget.

Profile
•Rich, sweet, elegant, aged, refined, and far more complex than the original Bucket

Tasting Notes
• Chocolate, cedar, apricot, cream, toastea uts, dark truit, sott earth, baking spice, ano a smooth lingering sweetness.

Pairing
•Fried chicken, Champagne, bourbon, aged rum, or a cold beer.