AJ Fernandez New World Puro Especial Gordo - Box of 20

At 6 x 60 the New World Puro Especial Gordo is where the La Soledad, La Providencia, and San Diego farm fillers do the most work. The wrapper is still present, but the Gordo gives AJ and Ismael Fernandez's agricultural sourcing the most room it gets in any format across the lineup.

Across the four Puro Especial sizes, each ring gauge change shifts the balance between wrapper and filler. The Short Churchill at 48 ring is the most wrapper-forward. The Robusto and Toro at 52 ring are balanced. The Gordo at 60 ring is the most filler-forward, where the La Soledad farm's flavor-driven tobacco and La Providencia's aroma-focused leaf have the widest column to fill and the most proportional contribution per draw.

AJ Fernandez was specific when explaining why each farm was included in the Puro Especial blend. La Soledad yields tobacco with incredible flavors. La Providencia's tobacco contributes the amazing aroma. The San Diego farm brings mineral quality from its volcanic soil. The Criollo '98 wrapper from San José provides the rich and beautiful outer leaf. In the Gordo, those four qualities are distributed across a 60-ring draw rather than 48 or 52 ring, which changes how they arrive. The wrapper's cocoa and pepper character is present but integrated rather than leading. The flavor from La Soledad and the aroma from La Providencia come forward more fully. The mineral thread from San Diego is woven deeper into the mid-smoke rather than sitting at the front.

The result is the most complex and agricultural expression of the blend. Buyers describe it straightforwardly: "what an awesome smoke, excellent draw and the taste is amazing, definitely box worthy." At the 6 x 60 Gordo, the session runs 90-plus minutes and the flavor arc, almonds, caramel, cocoa, cinnamon, vanilla cream, and the persistent mineral undertone, develops with the most separation and clarity of any size in the lineup.

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Flavor progression:

1. First third: Criollo '98 wrapper opens with cocoa and gentle pepper, more integrated and less assertive than in narrower formats, mineral note from the San Diego farm establishing
2. Second third: La Soledad and La Providencia farm contributions come forward clearly, almonds, caramel, cinnamon, and a distinctive aroma quality that the Gordo's wider draw amplifies
3. Final third: vanilla cream and cedar, long and smooth, the four-farm complexity resolved into a clean, balanced close

Key Features

1. Brand: AJ Fernandez
2. Line: New World Puro Especial
3. Blenders: AJ Fernandez and Ismael Fernandez
4. Factory: Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A., Estelí
5. Country of Origin: Nicaragua
6. Blend Type: 100% Nicaraguan Puro
7. Wrapper: Nicaraguan Criollo '98 (San José farm)
8. Binder: Nicaraguan (La Soledad farm)
9. Filler: Nicaraguan (La Soledad, La Providencia, San Diego farms)
10. Tobacco Age: 3 to 5 years
11. Vitola: Gordo
12. Size: 6 inches x 60 ring gauge
13. Construction: Parejo (round, handmade)
14. Strength: Medium to Full
15. Flavor Profile: Cocoa, almonds, caramel, cinnamon, mineral, earth, vanilla cream, cedar
16. Smoke Time: Approximately 75 to 90+ minutes
17. Box Count: 20 cigars
18. Price per Cigar: approximately $6.85