News: Casdagli Cigars Debuting Napoleonic Collection at PCA 2023

Casdagli Cigars is embarking on an ambitious collection that will span the next four years, as they will be introducing the Casdagli Napoleonic Collection at next month’s PCA trade show in Las Vegas.

The project centers around Jeremy Casdagli’s (founder of Casdagli Cigars) lifelong fascination with the Napoleonic Wars, which took place from 1803–1815 and produced a period of French domination over Continental Europe. With the series, Casdagli will present two cigars per year: one named for a French general and the other for the coalition of Great Britain, Prussia, Austria, and Russia. In total, there will be eight cigars/generals, with each blend being chosen to characterize the general that the cigar represents.

“I have long been fascinated by the Napoleon’s attempt to conquer Europe, right from my very early years at prep school at the age of 8. When I discovered that the Napoleon’s Grand Armée was largely responsible for spreading cigar smoking across the continent, I set forth to honour those generals on all sides that were famous for their love of glory and tobacco,” says Jeremy Casdagli, the Founder of Casdagli Cigars.

“I needed to find generals that had an interesting anecdote about their relationship with tobacco. I am pleased that I eventually managed to find anecdotes honouring the counterparts who fought for France, Prussia, Austria, Russia and Great Britain. Some of them actually dying with tobacco in their hand. The anecdotes are presented inside the cigar boxes,” adds Jeremy.

The first two cigars in the Napoleonic Collection are Brave (France) and Forrader (Prussia). The former represents Marshal Michel Ney (nicknamed “The Brave”), with the blend said to be “subtle and smooth.” The Forrader is named after Prussia’s Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (nicknamed “General Forwards”), and is described as having a “deceptive strength.”

The cigars are made in partnership with Hendrik Kelner Jr. and his KBF factory in the DR. Each blend is rolled in robusto (4.9? x 50) and piramide (6½” x 53) formats, and are packaged in 20-count boxes with a natural cedar piano-top finish. The cigars are said to be “general production,” shipping to the US in early Aug. and internationally Sept. 2023.

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Originally posted on June 29, 2023 @ 9:18 am