• Size: 4.5 x 52
• Wrapper: Nicaraguan (Hybrid Cuban-Seed)
• Binder: Nicaraguan
• Filler: Nicaraguan (includes Pelo de Oro)

A collaboration between Rafael Nodal and AJ Fernandez, the Rare Collection lives up to its name. The hybrid Cuban-seed wrapper is grown on Fernandez's La Lilia farm in Estelí, and the filler includes Pelo de Oro, a notoriously difficult tobacco to cultivate known for its rich flavor and added strength.

The Festivo is the most compact vitola in the lineup, delivering a medium-to-full body with dark roast coffee, cedar, earth, baking spice, and a chocolatey sweetness that lingers on the finish. Produced in small batches as the rare tobaccos allow, so availability is limited by nature.

Handmade at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez in Nicaragua.