Following the wildly successful and completely sold-out 2023 releases of the Atabey Dioses and Misticos ten-year Aged editions, Selected Tobacco returns to the PCA stage with something even more seductive, the Byron 21st Century Aristocratas ten-year aged (8 x 52).
Featuring an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, a Peruvian binder, and a combination of Peruvian and Nicaraguan fillers, the Byron Aristocratas is already known for its elegance and complexity. But this ten-year aged version is something else entirely.
Normally aged for four years in meticulously controlled cedar-lined humidors, the Aristocratas has now undergone a full decade of aging, subjected to Nelson Alfonso’s proprietary method of fluctuating humidity levels that mirrors the careful refinement of vintage wines and spirits.
This isn’t simply storage, this is transformation. Inside specially designed humidors lined with five or more cedar varietals from ceiling to floor, the cigars evolve slowly, drawing in layers of flavor, balance, and aroma that can only be described as transcendent.
“For me, aging cigars is like raising child, you must give attention every day. Ten years is not easy. But the cigar now is art. It is soft, but strong. Elegant, but full. This is my passion,” says Nelson Alfonso, founder and creator of Selected Tobacco.
The Byron 21st Century Aristocratas ten-year aged comes packaged in beautiful, black piano lacquer, twenty-five-count boxes, with an MSRP of $43.50 per cigar. This limited release is not expected to stay on shelves long, if at all, with everyone already eyeing it as one of the many highlight releases from Selected Tobacco and United Cigars, their exclusive US distributor.
