Aging Room
Small-batch cigars launched in 2011 with aged Dominican tobacco.
- Founded
- 2011
- Home
- Miami, Florida, United States
- Lines here
- 3
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The house
The story of Aging Room
Aging Room was launched in 2011 by the Miami-based Habana Cuba Cigar Company. It followed the company’s move away from flavored, mass-market products and toward limited-production premium cigars.
The brand used premium aged Dominican tobacco and was made in smaller quantities than the company’s Swag line. In February 2012, the parent company adopted the name Boutique Blends Cigars as part of its broader emphasis on small-batch, premium, unflavored cigars.
Recognition followed quickly. The Aging Room Small Batch M356 appeared on Cigar Aficionado’s list of the Top 25 Cigars of 2011. The magazine later named the Aging Room Quattro F55 Concerto its No. 2 Cigar of the Year for 2013.
In 2017, Boutique Blends entered a strategic alliance under which Altadis USA assumed sales and distribution for its portfolio. In 2019, the handmade Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro, produced in collaboration with Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez, was named Cigar Aficionado’s No. 1 Cigar of the Year.
Milestones
Moments that made the house
- 1996
Parent company established
The Habana Cuba Cigar Company was established in Miami Lakes, Florida, as the non-Cuban licensee of Oliveros.
- 2002
New ownership
Rafael Nodal, Alina Cordoves Nodal and Hank Bischoff purchased the Habana Cuba Cigar Company.
- 2011
Aging Room launched
The company introduced Aging Room as a limited-production line using premium aged Dominican tobacco.
- 2011
Top 25 recognition
The Aging Room Small Batch M356 appeared among Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2011.
- 2012
Boutique Blends name adopted
The parent company became Boutique Blends Cigars as it repositioned around small-batch premium cigars.
- 2013
No. 2 Cigar of the Year
Cigar Aficionado named the Aging Room Quattro F55 Concerto its No. 2 Cigar of the Year.
- 2017
Altadis USA alliance
Altadis USA assumed sales and distribution for the Boutique Blends portfolio through a strategic alliance.
- 2019
No. 1 Cigar of the Year
The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro was named Cigar Aficionado’s No. 1 Cigar of the Year.
Recognition
Awards & honours
Top 25 Cigars of 2011
Cigar Aficionado · 2011
No. 2 Cigar of the Year
Cigar Aficionado · 2013
No. 1 Cigar of the Year
Cigar Aficionado · 2019
Craft
How they make them
Aging Room began as a small-batch line made with premium aged Dominican tobacco and produced in more limited quantities than Boutique Blends’ Swag cigars. The 2019 Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro was handmade in collaboration with Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez.
Details
Things most people don't know
- Original scale
- Aging Room was produced in even more limited quantities than Boutique Blends’ Swag line.
- Early tobacco focus
- The brand launched using premium aged Dominican tobacco.
- 2019 collaboration
- The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro was handmade with Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez.
- Parent-company origin
- Boutique Blends began in 1996 as the Habana Cuba Cigar Company.
- Distribution alliance
- Altadis USA began handling sales and distribution for the Boutique Blends portfolio in 2017.
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Aging Room up close
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