In 1974 the CIA lifted a Soviet nuclear submarine off the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The operation was called Azorian, and almost nobody knew it happened until decades later. That's the kind of story Rob Blumenthal and Wiber Ventura wanted behind this cigar: precise execution, unexpected complexity, a result that doesn't announce itself until it has already impressed you.
The Azorian is Tradecraft's medium-bodied flagship, produced by Ventura at Tabacalera William Ventura in Tamboril. The wrapper is a 7th priming Ecuadorian Habano — reddish-brown, oily, from a leaf that has been through every priming below it. Underneath sits an Ecuadorian Sumatran binder and a five-tobacco filler blend. Caramel on the open, earth and baking spice through the mid, a faint sweet rum on the close. Nothing forced, nothing out of place.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano (7th priming)
Binder: Ecuadorian Sumatran
Filler: Pennsylvania Broadleaf, Ecuadorian Puntiao Habano 2000, Corojo, Criollo 98
Size: Robusto (5 × 54)
Strength: Medium
Factory: Tabacalera William Ventura, Tamboril, Dominican Republic
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