Connoisseur's Corner: A Very Special-Edition Cuban and a Pre-Embargo Topper

 

(Cigar Aficionado) In 1992 the Cuban cigar industry created an individually numbered series of cigars presented in special humidors. The packaging was unique, but the cigars inside were the real story. These 1492s, named for the year Columbus discovered the New World, were brilliant smokes, snapped up by collectors and declared classics. They have stood up to the test of time. Continued