Crux Cigars

After successful careers running a brick-and-mortar cigar shop in Minnesota, brand founders Jeff Haugen and Joel Rogers decided to take their talents to the manufacturing side of the cigar world, with the crux of their mission to provide the best cigars possible for cigar aficionados like them. One of Crux Cigars’ first releases was the Crux Bull & Bear, which hit the market in 2015. Employing the rolling skills of Plasencia Cigars S.A. in Nicaragua, Bull & Bear is crafted with a blend of Nicaraguan long filler and binder tobaccos all covered by a gorgeous Nicaraguan Habano wrapper. Rich medium-full bodied flavors of pepper, earth, chocolate, wood, and savory sweetness will please the palate with every puff.

Following Bull & Bear is Crux Cigars’ first Connecticut-style blend, the Crux Epicure, and it has been impressing palates with its smooth and mellow yet vibrant flavors. An aged Nicaraguan core is joined by a gorgeous golden-brown Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper to deliver a mellow-bodied yet rich and flavorful medley of roasted nuts, cream, leather, black pepper, and sweet undertones.

For a bold, full-bodied experience, Crux Epicure Maduro cigars are the way to go. These enchantingly rich cigars are made at Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez with Nicaraguan long fillers and a Nicaraguan binder cloaked beneath a dusky and zesty San Andres Mexican maduro wrapper. Its full-bodied flavors of dark chocolate, espresso, cedar, baking spices, tobacco sweetness, and zesty pepper will please the most seasoned aficionados. The most recent release from Crux Cigars is the Crux Epicure Habano, a crowd-pleaser that can be enjoyed by aficionados no matter their experience level.

Another gem made by Plasencia, this Nicaraguan puro boasts a top-quality Nicaraguan Habano Seco wrapper for a balanced and rich medium-bodied mosaic of peppery spices, earth, cocoa, roasted nuts, wood, and sweetness to please any palate.

In numerous interviews and press releases, one can find many quotes from Haugen saying some version of the same thing about all his incredible smokes: We did not release it until we felt it was truly finished. That, above all, is the story with Crux cigars. For those who don’t want to swing and miss with a purchase, it’s important to look not only at the profile, wrapper, binder and filler but the people behind the cigar as well. Having started with a brick and mortar business, the folks at Crux have spent more time on the ground interfacing with actual customers and, thus, understand what the true smoker wants better than most.

Crux cigars aims toward premium without gouging the consumer, another mark of a company that understands where smokers find value. In countless reviews, many of which see their best smokes scored at a 90 or above, industry professionals and hobbyists alike note that Crux is a top-notch cigar company because they deliver on what’s promised. Instead of simply adding a habano identifier to a cigar, Crux truly leans into the blends, the notes and all the intricate details of a habano to capture the breadth of its essence. Smoke this brand with confidence knowing that Crux is always going to smartly blend, roll and package the kind of cigar they would want to sell in their own storefront.

Whichever blend from Crux Cigars you choose, you are in for an exceptional smoking experience from a boutique brand that cares about quality. Add your preferred blend and size of Crux Cigars to your humidor today by placing your order online with Cigars.com and having these great sticks delivered right to your door.