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Flor de Selva Año del Conejo

Aromas of cedar with a hint of vanilla. The aromas diversify to provide an aromatic palette of white pepper, earth and nuts. We are privileged to share this exceptional cigar with you. Production limited to 2023 boxes.

For the sixth year running, Maya de Selva has skilfully created a special cigar in honour of the Chinese New Year, in 2023 under the sign of the rabbit. This is particularly fitting, as the rabbit has a very special place in the history of Honduras. It was in the golden age of Copán (the great Mayan city of the 7th century) that King Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil lived. 18 rabbits. It is to him that we owe some of the most impressive ball playing fields (football at the time).

But let's get back to our cigar. The gold foot ring on a red background is a subtle blend of Chinese and Honduran iconography. It features a chubby rabbit largely inspired by the large stone stelae dedicated to the totem animals found in the Jamastrán region, where the tobaccos that make up this Honduran puro come from.

We particularly appreciate the excellent combustion and the smoke that emerges throughout the tasting. The aromas are long on the palate, with hints of peanuts in retro-olfaction.

The special 'Año del conejo' edition is limited to 2023 boxes of 10 coronas.

Tasting note

Notes

We are introduced to this vitola with its raw cedar scent and a hint of vanilla. The first whiff confirms that this is going to be a fine tasting experience. The woody aromas intensify and diversify to quickly provide a full aromatic palette with white pepper, earth and nuts.

Pairing

Summer is just around the corner and we suggest you welcome it with open arms, stretched out on a deckchair sipping a seasonal cocktail in the colours of the magnificent ring at the foot of this exceptional cigar.

Strawberry Smoke Spirit recipe
1 shot of Aperol Spritz, 3 shots of Prosecco Brut, 0.5 shot of Morand Fig Syrup, chopped mint, strawberries for decoration and ice cubes. Perfect in a non-alcoholic version with Rimuss Mousseux Brut and no apérol.

The cigar anecdote

The ring features the lucky red and gold colours of the Chinese New Year and a stylised zodiac symbol in the style of a sacred Mayan stele.



Flor de Selva

Maya. One word is enough to command respect. She is a monument of the cigar world, and thanks to her, women are proudly represented. Maya is Madame Blue Smoke's favourite; an evening at Royal Cigar to meet Maya in the flesh. It's the discovery of an incredibly broad and deep personality, proud of her country and her origins. It's the breath of charisma in her words, her radiant authenticity, the resonance of her values in her deep voice.

Like a warrior, she wanted to raise the Honduran flag as high as possible in the world of cigars. It's a mission accomplished, because in 2024, Maya is crowned with the " LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2024″

Madame Blue Smoke has an idol: Maya Selva.

That's where the emotion comes in. Maya is an incredibly charismatic leader. Inspiring, sunny, warm. When she speaks, she mesmerises the crowd. A male crowd. She stands high on the list of cigar monuments, alongside Eric M. Newman and Robert C. Newman, Rocky Patel, Manuel Quesada, Benjamin "Benji" Menendez and Carlito Fuente.

But I don't think that's what motivates Maya. She sincerely wants to raise the profile of Honduras, create jobs, (re)burnish the image of the cigar industry and make her country a key player in the field.

Maya is a team. Every member we met - advisors, importers, sales people, brand managers - speaks with respect and conviction about their values, convinced of the products and moving in the same direction.

So it was with great emotion that we watched him take to the stage at the ceremony. Cigar Trophy Award 2024.

Maya's core value: ethics

Maya's aim is to create jobs in Honduras, and to involve every trade that contributes to making a cigar. In the tobacco fields, but also in all the packaging that wraps the cigars. Every single box produced, including the raw materials, comes from Honduras.

Maya doesn't lie. Its brand manager, Nina Cobos Rosa, tells us at Intertabac: "Initially, the new 'Villa Zamorano' brand rings were to have a gold shade with green. The material for the gold finish was not available in Honduras, so it was impossible to obtain. Maya decided to change the tones of the ring to a greener shade, in order to make this 100% ring in Honduras".

Where did this Honduran icon come from?

Born to a French mother and a Honduran father, Maya grew up in Tegucigalpa. After studying engineering in France and the USA, Maya returned to Honduras with a master's degree in her pocket, but not yet ready to decide on a career.

She then spent a year learning how cigars are made in the Danli region. It was through the prism of her studies that she meticulously studied all the parameters essential to the design of high quality cigars.

In 1994, it was her meeting with Nestor Plasencia that was to prove decisive for her career. And it was a year later, after planning the production criteria for her cigars with Nestor, that she launched "Flor de Selva" on the French market.

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