Nicaragua Sun Grown Gigantes Flag Tail

Backstory: CigarKings was founded by Philipp Kugler in 2016, originating from a university communication design project that built the visual identity for a fictional cigar label before becoming a real brand. The Nicaragua series is produced in a small, intentionally undisclosed family-run factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, staffed in part by Cuban exile rollers. Kugler keeps the manufacturer identity private to preserve the brand's air of exclusivity.

Release: Marketed as a new vitola in the Nicaragua series, listed elsewhere as a Limited Edition release. Some retailers now show the Gigantes FT Sun Grown as discontinued, though it has appeared in the brand's own shop in subsequent cycles.

Tobacco: Filler is Nicaraguan Viso and Seco leaf, chosen for a balanced, lower-nicotine profile. Wrapper is Ecuadorian Sun Grown. The binder is kept confidential by the brand — described publicly only as a secret binder used to push flavor character usually reserved for heavier cigars.

Tobacco: Hand-rolled in the traditional Cuban Entubado style — the filler is formed into up to eight separate smoke channels, then finished with a triple cap and the signature flag tail. The technique is slower and harder than book-bunch rolling, intended to improve combustion and draw consistency.

Color: No explicit wrapper appearance description was published; Ecuadorian Sun Grown wrappers typically present in the Colorado range (reddish-brown / milk chocolate) — confirm visually before committing to a color enum.

Fun Fact: A long-format smoke — 195 mm (7 5/8") at a 49 ring gauge yields an advertised burn time of roughly 150 minutes. The flag tail finish is an uncommon decorative flourish on modern production cigars.

Source caveat: Playwright scraping was unavailable during this research session (permission denied), so all data came from WebSearch snippets across cigarkings.shop, cigarworld.de, houseofgrauer.com, wolsdorff.shop, and zigarre.de. No retailer page was fully scraped end-to-end. Recommend a manual spot-check of the brand's own product page before publishing the draft.