Sua Altezza Gran Robusto

Description

The Sua Altezza cigar was born over lunch in London’s fashionable Notting Hill. While smoking a cigar, the founder had the bright idea of creating a luxury cigar – as no other brand does. From here, Sua Altezza was born. “We strived to create a product that would represent Italian elegance mixed with French know-how, along with British prestige,” says founder Alexis Colletta. “Not only did we decide to wrap our cigars with gold but we knew we needed to introduce even more luxury to the important cigar market, something absolutely unique.”

The name Sua Altezza – which means his or her highness in Italian – has a strong relationship with the city of Florence, which is where the gold leaf originated. Historically, Florence has always been one of the world’s capitals for gold and jewellery. The Medici family, who were governing Europe for over 600 years, attached great importance to gold and Lorenzo the Magnificent was himself a collector of gold jewellery who hugely influenced the city in the 1400s.

Later, Catherine of Medici (born in Florence) was suffering from headaches so Jean Nicot sent her tobacco plants. She was so enthusiastically impressed that she proclaimed that tobacco was henceforth to be named Herba Regina – “the Queen’s herb”. The rest, as they say, is history. It seemed only natural for the fledgling brand to draw on Florence’s tradition for gold and cigar appreciation, wrapping their Sua Altezza cigars in the city’s finest 24-carat gold leaf from Europe’s oldest goldsmith. The result is cigars that are striking, distinctive, and unique.

• Gran Robusto: 7″(175mm)x55 with Exotic Leather Ring presented in a Gloss Black Chest

• Wrapper: Habano Ecuador

• Binder: Peru

• Filler: Dominican Republic, Peru and Nicaragua

• Hand wrapped in Costa Rica

• Certificate of Authenticity

The cigars feature a blend of tobacco leaves hand-rolled in Costa Rica, using fine leaves from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, and Nicaragua. The wrapper hails from Ecuador, the binder from Peru, and the filler from Peru, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. The owner of the manufacture Sua Altezza is working with have worked for over 20 years for Habanos. Together with some of the most well-known cigar sommeliers, Sua Altezza has created a blend suited to their target audience.

• Wrapper: Chocolate, oily and smooth with tiny veins.

• Construction: Firm even when lightly squeezed.

• Cold draw: Light wood and hay notes.

• 1st third: Starts with a woody roasted coffee bean flavour and notes of dark chocolate in the back

• 2nd third: Keeps the previous flavours but now adding a crude sweetness until end of the smoke.

• Burn: Burns sharp with a firm and beautiful gold ash

• Smoke: Light smoke with a warm feeling on the tongue and a medium light Sua Altezza cigars draw.