Warped

Kyle Gellis blends hand-rolled, long-filler cigars under the Warped name.

Founded by: Kyle Gellis
Made in: Nicaragua · Dominican Republic
Factory: NACSA
Lines here: 6

The house

The story of Warped

Kyle Gellis is identified by Cigar Journal as the figure behind Warped cigar company. The publication reported that Warped was preparing to debut La Chinchalle, a cigar from the Dominican Republic, at the Premium Cigar Association trade show.

Warped also produces Gellis Family Cigars. Atlantic Cigar Company identifies Kyle Gellis as the blender of the Gellis Family Cigars Absolutos line and lists Nicaragua as its country of origin.

Absolutos is offered in box-pressed Toro and Corona Gorda formats. Both are described as medium-strength, hand-rolled, long-filler cigars made with a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper and Nicaraguan binder and filler.

Craft

How they make them

The documented Absolutos cigars are hand-rolled in small batches at NACSA using aged tobacco. Their composition is entirely Nicaraguan: a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. Atlantic Cigar Company classifies them as long-filler, box-pressed cigars.

Details

Things most people don't know

Dominican debut: Warped prepared to debut its Dominican Republic cigar La Chinchalle at a Premium Cigar Association trade show.
All-Nicaraguan blend: Absolutos uses Nicaraguan tobacco for its Habano wrapper, binder and filler.
Small-batch production: Gellis Family Cigars Absolutos is hand-rolled in small batches at NACSA.
Two documented formats: Absolutos is listed as a 6 x 52 Toro and a 5 1/2 x 48 Corona Gorda.
Box-pressed construction: Both documented Absolutos sizes are box pressed.

In the humidor