Espanola 1996

Espanola is the premium line for customers looking to take a step up from their everyday smoke. The JM brand began in California back in 1994 when future owner John Mahroukian tasted his first premium smoke and decided he could make something even better that would come at less cost for his consumers. The result was a private label production of 10,000 smokes that blossomed into a full library of every day budget smokes, infused smokes with flavors like honey berry and honey vanilla and the company’s flagship Espanola 1996 line, which puts premium tobacco and construction at the forefront while still making the cigar accessible to everyone. One of the advantages of the JM Espanola line is that the blend is available in two different wrapper types. Carefully crafting a top premium blend in two different types of wrappers ensures that mellow-medium bodied smokers and medium-full bodied smokers can both enjoy the depth of top-quality flavor that is contained in the filler tobacco and binder, both of which were chosen with great care for this blend. The lineup for both the Espanola 1996 Connecticut and the Espanola 1996 Maduro are as follows:Connecticut: Features a handsome lightish brown Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper surrounding Connecticut Broadleaf binder and filler from the Dominican Republic, which are harvested from both the seco and ligero priming. Including tobacco from both offers a balance between the strength and mineral-rich depth of the top-leaf seco and the ligero, which add more subtle sweetness and usually produces the aromatic component of the cigar which is an essential component of a high-end smoke. The flavor profile here is nutmeg, cream and cinnamon balanced with notes of salt, pepper and hay. Maduro: A toothy and zesty San Andres Mexican wrapper around Connecticut Broadleaf binder and filler from the Dominican Republic, which also pulls from both the seco and ligero priming. The flavor profile is one of sweet cedar, roasted nuts, leather and cocoa on the back end with a faint floral note on the back end which rounds out the cigar beautifully. Shop Cigars.com today and be sure to browse the entirety of our JM library, which has long been a popular selection for customers of all budget levels. Along the way, give yourself an opportunity to enjoy the Espanola, which is truly the height of the JM experience and is perfect for an afternoon on the boat, or a long day on the golf course.