The Expert Blenders Series is about the people behind the leaf — the blenders whose fingerprints define modern premium cigars. These aren’t emerging names. These are the craftsmen serious cigar smokers already recognize. Sampler No. 2 leans into the work of Nick Melillo of Foundation, Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, and Eduardo Fernandez of Aganorsa Leaf — three blenders whose approach to tobacco is equal parts precision and personality. Inside you’ll find bold San Andrés maduros, classic Nicaraguan structure, and the kind of layered flavor profiles that only come from deep experience with the leaf. Cigars like Olmec, Mi Querida, and Arsenio don’t just showcase great tobacco — they showcase the hands that shaped it. If you want to smoke like someone who knows the craft, this is the lineup.
