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Alternative Ashton No. 40

🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicToro152 mm × 50
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Strength
Medium

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

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
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JR Cigars

JR Cigars

Honduras, Founded in 1971, 483 cigars

JR 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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Flavor palette

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Spicy
Earthy

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