Foundation Turns Event-Only Menelik Cigar Into Limited Edition

 

(Cigar Aficionado) For the past couple of years, the only way to get your hands on a Menelik cigar from Nick Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Co. was to attend one of his events. That will change later this year, however, as Melillo has opted to offer the elusive smoke on a limited basis.
Menelik is a soft-pressed petit robusto with a pigtail that measures 4 1/2 inches by 52 ring gauge. It’s rolled with a Corojo ’99 binder from Jalapa, Nicaragua, along with a filler mix of Nicaraguan tobaccos grown in Estelí, Condega and Jalapa. The bunch is covered in a dark, oily wrapper from San Andrés, Mexico. Continued