Manufacturer: Tabacalera La Isla
Body: Medium
Size: 5.0 x 52
Wrapper: Mexican
Binder: Dominican Habano
Fillers: Dominican Corojo, Piloto Cuban and HVA
Tasting Notes: cinnamon, white pepper, wood, floral

Elysium is Latin for “a place or condition of ideal happiness". I could not think of a more fitting name for a cigar than Elysium and immediately thought of smoking a cigar, when thinking of my ideal happy place. The imagery for Elysium was  inspired by the famous scene in one of my favorite movies Gladiator, when Russell Crowe is walking through the field of wheat. I pictured walking through a field of tobacco leaves, smoking a cigar and knew this was the perfect name for our first customs this year.Coincidentally enough, looking back at this scene the score is titled “Elysium”.

Elysium was made at Tabacalera La Isla in the Dominican Republic with the wonderful Hostos. As the cold weather still continues, I wanted to utilize a Mexican wrapper leaf to bring some punchiness to the blend, but did not want to have a full bodied cigar. Hostos helped tame down this blend with some of the best Dominican binder and filler, resulting in a medium bodied cigar that is perfect as the cold continues.