Ashton Heritage Puro Sol The Ashton Heritage Puro Sol Story The Ashton Heritage Puro Sol is a cigar steeped in the tradition and honor of two legendary cigar families, the Fuentes and Meerapfels. Its story is one of extraordinary uniqueness. It bears the name Puro Sol because the wrapper, filler and binder are made from 100% sun grown tobaccos. This exquisite cigar marks the first time a Cameroon wrapper has surrounded an Ashton blend and the results are stunning. With the marriage of the Fuente Family craftsmanship in blending and manufacturing and the African Cameroon wrapper hand selected by Richard Meerapfel, the Ashton Heritage Puro Sol is destined for a place in cigar history, and rightly so.

As with all great cigars, the Ashton Heritage Puro Sol story begins in a very special place on our planet, the Western side of the Central African Rain Forest in a place called Bangou. In one of many adventures to find great places to grow tobacco, Richard Meerapfel walked deep into this lush and dense area and discovered a small remote village called Guereki. The village consisted of just a few primitive huts but more significantly, a Village Chief. When asked why this area was so dense and fertile, he said his home was blessed with "Ngou Ti Zapa", water from the gods. It had been untouched for thousands of years, since the very beginning of this natural rain forest. Meerapfel was able to convince the village that they should grow "Manga", the tribal Sango word for tobacco. The results were almost literally, out of this world; beautiful, huge leaves with a texture unlike anything Meerapfel had ever seen before. When cured, this tobacco had a sweet flavor and texture all its own. The villagers called it "Mossoro ti degbe ti sesse", which translated means, the richness from under the ground. Meerapfel called it MMS African Gold. This extraordinary wrapper is blended masterfully by the Fuente Family using their finest 100% sun grown tobaccos. The result is a lavish, rich and complex cigar with a depth of character rarely found, even in classic cigars. A flawless construction provides the foundation for a deep and completely satisfying flavor that does not and will not disappoint. This sun grown cigar is as pure as the name implies. It is both noble and eloquent and, without question, most worthy of its heritage.

Ashton Classic Series A consistently pleasurable smoke for all cigar lovers, the Ashton Classic has a medium body with nuances of peppery spice. The blend of 3 to 4 year old Dominican tobacco, along with its rich golden Connecticut shade wrapper creates an extremely well blended rich taste. The draw of this cigar from beginning to end is never disappointing. The Ashton Classic is truly a smoke for anytime and anywhere and, like an old friend, never let's you down.

Ashton Aged Maduro Series Ashton Aged Maduro is rare because of its selected and extremely limited Connecticut broad leaf wrapper. Many a wrapper leaf is picked, but few are chosen for our Ashton Aged Maduro. The initial sweet taste comes from the wrapper, but once lit, the cigar becomes rich and nutty much like a great Madeira or Tawny Port, whose distinct flavor comes from aging in Sherry finished French oak barrels. Our Ashton Aged Maduro's rich distinct flavor comes from the never hurried natural fermentation of the wrapper, which encourages its natural sweetness. The wrapper and aged filler creates a rich and complex flavor elevating the Ashton Aged Maduro to a class all its own.

Ashton Cabinet Series The Ashton Cabinet is the "White Burgundy" of cigars. "White Burgundy" gets its rich complex taste from the soil and aging of the grape in French oak barrels. The Cabinet's 4 to 5 year old Dominican filler blend has a rich, complex and well rounded taste. The extraordinary Connecticut shade wrapper is aged for an extra year and has an elegant palamino color resulting in a smooth and creamy flavor. The Ashton Cabinet includes no less than six different tobaccos and ends with a "big finish." Seven years pass from seedling to finished cigar before Ashton Cabinet is brought to fruition and presented for your smoking pleasure.

Ashton VSG Series For those who desire a powerful and intoxicating flavor with a complex rich finish, look no further than the Ashton VSG. The VSG is blended exclusively for Ashton by Carlos Fuente Jr. using 4 to 5 year old aged Dominican tobacco taken from the finest and most fertile plants. The distinct flavor of VSG comes from its wrapper grown on a private estate in Ecuador owned by the Oliva family where this proprietary wrapper leaf is grown for the Fuente Family exclusively for Ashton VSG. The leaf is taken from the higher primings and matures slowly by sunlight filtered through the region¹s natural cloud covering. The result is the rich intoxicating wrapper which has made the Ashton VSG the most in demand cigar on the market today.

Ashton Small Cigar Series Available in three sizes, Cigarillos, Mini Cigarillos and Senoritas. Ashton Small Cigars are now available in markets throughout the world. The quality and consistency that have made Ashton cigars so respected and desired throughout the world is now the standard for Ashton Small Cigar Series. Made in the European Union, Ashton Small Cigars use an exquisite Central African tobacco for its wrapper and binder creating a most unique and pleasurable taste. The distinctive character of Ashton Small Cigars will please you but should not surprise you. After all, it's made by Ashton.

Celebrating 21 years and counting....

The long awaited and anticipated release of the Ashton Estate Sun Grown (ESG) has finally happened and its release heralds in the 20th Anniversary of Ashton cigars. A very limited extension to the Ashton line, the ESG will be released in one size each year for the next five years. The first size, a 7 x 49 beauty, will be followed by a 5.5 x 52 robusto size. After five years, all five sizes will be available on an on-going basis.

The ESG uses a Sun Grown Cuban seed wrapper never before used. It is grown exclusively at the Chateau de la Fuente farm in the Dominican Republic.  Its limited availability and long delay in release was due to the longer than anticipated aging that was needed for this very special cigar that is blended exclusively by Carlos Fuente Jr.