The adventures of ADV and McKay, the cigar world’s favorite fictional explorers, continues with the latest release from the ADVentura brand called Barbarroja's Invasion. Before you try its equally delicious sequel, the Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge, sample the blend that spawned multiple 90-plus ratings and countless placements on cigar of the year lists around the globe. From the brand that brought Explorer, the Royal Return and more, Barbarroja's Invasion is a blend of Mexican San Andres wrapper cloaked around binder and filler from the Dominican Republic. Of course, this cigar is keeping something of a dark and stormy secret. Amid the Dominican filler are layers of medio tiempo leaf, which is a delicacy among cigar smokers given its rarity. The medio tiempo leaf doesn’t grow on every tobacco plant, but when it does, it appears above the top corona level, making for an especially strong and vibrant leaf that receives the lion’s share of sunlight. This contributes to a more fuller bodied smoke, a more assertive flavor profile and a cigar bursting with a higher mineral content. The flavor profile in the Barbarroja's Invasion is one of sweet nougat, sugary wood and black pepper, which accentuates the kind of swashbuckling nature of the ADVentura brand and especially this four-chapter series of cigars, which is meant to guide smokers through a journey of the new world where bold flavors and faraway cultures await those who are brave enough to seek it out. If that’s not enough to sell you, the box literally says the rest. ADVentura’s cigars come in a talking box with a light sensor under the lid that has a message for those who are even considering passing by without a taste. Find out what that is by shopping JR Cigar today for the entire ADVentura collection and especially Barbarroja's Invasion. Get it today at a price you won’t believe.
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