About this cigar
The JR Cigars Alternative Ashton No. 40 is a cigar in the Toro format, 152 mm long with a 50 ring gauge (19.8 mm), made in the Dominican Republic. Tobaccos: wrapper Secret and filler Secret. Strength: medium; smoking time about 96 minutes. It is one of 181 sizes in the Alternative line. Noted flavors: spice, wood, cedar and earth.
From JR Cigars, the Alternative line brings the Ashton No. 40, a 152 mm toro with a 50 ring gauge whose recipe is kept deliberately secret. Its wrapper, binder and filler remain confidential, and the cigar comes from the Dominican Republic. Medium in strength, it suits aficionados who enjoy blends whose recipe stays intentionally discreet.
Specifications
- Brand
- JR Cigars
- Line
- Alternative
- Vitola
- Alternative Ashton No. 40
- Size
- Toro
- Length
- 152 mm · 5.98″
- Ring gauge
- 50 · 19.8 mm
- Wrapper
- Secret
- Wrapper shade
- Maduro
- Filler
- Secret
- Country of manufacture
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- Smoking time
- About 96 min

JR Cigars
Honduras, Founded in 1971, 483 cigarsJR Cigars is an American house founded in New York by Lew Rothman, which grew into one of the leading names in the U.S. cigar business. Its own-brand range, the JR Alternative Cigars, offers a wide selection of vitolas, with Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan versions in different wrappers and strengths.
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