FOUNDATION CIGAR COMPANY

The Tabernacle Broadleaf by Foundation Cigars is hand-rolled at AJ Fernandez’s La Soledad farm in Esteli. This medium to full-bodied cigar features patiently aged Nicaraguan binders and fillers wrapped over by a toothy Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro sheet, delivering hearty notes of cocoa, leather, and...

Foundation Cigar's El Güegüense is an all-Nicaraguan full-bodied cigar using a Corojo wrapper and binder, and a blend of Corojo and Criollo long-fillers. Smoker's palates are in for a treat of notes of cedar and spice with a touch of sweetness. 

Foundation Cigar Company’s most exclusive cigar, the Menelik, only available in limited production runs, is a cigar with a soft box press and Nicaraguan blend under a San Andrés wrapper. It’s no secret that Nick Melillo usually names his cigars with terms with a...

The Tabernacle Havana CT #142 is a medium to full-bodied cigar containing a rare Connecticut Havana wrapper, a Mexican San Andrés binder and a blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan long-fillers. This treat of a cigar is packed with notes of dark chocolate, nuts, cinnamon,...

The Wise Man Maduro by Foundation Cigar Company is a blend of specially selected Nicaraguan fillers and binder draped by a Mexican San Andres wrapper. The Wise Man medium-bodied profile engulfs bold flavors of black pepper, dark roast espresso and cacao.  

The Charter Oak Maduro is handmade at AJ Fernandez's factory in Esteli. A dark, sweet USA Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper surrounds a Sumatran binder and Nicaraguan fillers, creating earthy and chocolatey notes with hints of cedar. 

From Foundation Cigar Company:Charter Oak Cigars feature some of the most prized and sought after Cuban seed leaf varieties from the exquisite Esteli and Jalapa regions of Nicaragua. The cigars are then wrapped in a silky, beautiful Connecticut Shade wrapper and a Sumatran binder for a...

Foundation Cigar's Charter Oak Habano dons a beautiful Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, covering up a blend of Nicaraguan binder and long-fillers. This blend creates a medium-bodied experience that treats the palate to notes of cedar, a blend of red, white and black pepper, nutmeg and...

It feels like we’re always learning from the very shrewd Nick Melillo, and in this case we’re all smoking these while reading a used Mesoamerican Culture book we bought for the occasion, right? A tribute to the Mesoamerican civilization, Olmec presents an appropriately used...

Foundation Cigar Company’s Nick Melillo is known for being enthusiastic about Jamaican Rasta culture and that’s exactly what the Upsetters infused cigar line is all about. Infused? Yeah! These infused cigars go through a process called “Caribbean atmospheric herbal fusion” that is just as...

The Highclere Castle Edwardian is a medium-bodied cigar hand-rolled in Esteli, Nicaragua. It uses Connecticut Shade wrapper, a Brazilian Mata Fina binder and Nicagaruan long-fillers. This blends produces a smooth and elegant smoking experience, with notes of pepper, citrus and leather.

Nick Melillo and the team at Foundation Cigar Company do it AGAIN. Following up to solid releases this year including Macho Ratons, Olmec, and other phenomenal cigars, the organization has liberated the highly anticipated Highclere Castle Senetjer, a cigar that pays tribute to the...

The Foundation Cigar Company's Highclere Castle Victorian is medium-bodied, hand-rolled cigar sporting a Habano Ecuador wrapper, a Brazilian Mata Fina binder, and Nicaraguan long-fillers. This Downton Abbey-inspired cigar delivers elegant notes of cedar, light roasted coffee, and spice.

Show me a man says their interest isn’t piqued by the aesthetic of a perfecto and I’ will show you a liar (maybe).Nick Melillo of Foundation Cigars wanted to celebrate Foundation’s fifth anniversary back in 2020 with a special cigar. That is what came...

Show me a man says their interest isn't piqued by the aesthetic of a perfecto and I’ will show you a liar (maybe).Nick Melillo of Foundation Cigars wanted to celebrate Foundation's fifth anniversary back in 2020 with a special cigar. That is what came...