Ashton VSG in the Round
Ashton Virgin Sun Grown cigars are immensely popular cigars, especially for those who love fuller bodied smokes. Wrapped in dark leaf grown by Oliva Tobacco Co., on hilly farms in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, these Fuente-made cigars have been in high demand for more than a decade. Ashton VSGs, as they are commonly known, were the hot cigar of the 1999 cigar industry trade show, took huge scores in their debut tasting in the January 2000 Cigar Insider and have been popular ever sense.
Last
week, at the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers trade
show in Las Vegas, brand owner Ashton Distributors Inc. unveiled a new
size in the growing VSG line, the Pegasus.
The
Pegasus measures five-inches long by 54 ring gauge, and like all VSGs
it comes wrapped in Ecuador Sumatra wrapper. What makes it unusual is
the lack of box pressing—this is one of only three sizes of VSGs shipped
round, rather than pressed. (The other two are the Wizard and the
Eclipse.)
The $10.25 smoke will be packed in boxes of 20 cigars, and should be out by September.
Click here to see our complete tasting notes and ratings on the VSG line.
