By: Shea Zephir (@sheazephir)
Photos: Jonathan Saldana
A piece of great history lies right in the heart of New York City is where Nat Sherman continues to craft iconic cigars. Their exquisite multi-level townhouse evokes the ambience of old-world glamour that spans 83 years since its inception in 1930. The Shermans have always prided their brand on the enjoyment of life through, “a uniquely timeless and memorable experience”. Filled with elegant smoking rooms and cigar parlors, the Sherman universe is also a refined art gallery with countless black and white photographs of those amazing moments shared through the decades of enjoying the perfect smoke.
The veteran cigar connoisseur company just celebrated the great success of their newest cigar blend the Nat Sherman Timeless Collection No. 2 in their famous New York townhouse. The iconic brand is heating up its number 10 spot of the top 25 cigars of 2012 chosen by Cigar Aficionado. Given a 92% rating the Sherman and Quesada families have a whole lot to toast about. The Dominican-made cigar has beautiful new rich blend of vanilla, cedar, and coffee by way of Honduras and Nicaragua. Timeless No. 2 is a smooth cigar with light spices that leaves its lover completely satisfied minus the harsh after taste.
New York’s notables like Rudolph Giuliani and Top Chef Finalist Dave Martin all gathered to share in the “the best Nat Sherman cigar ever tasted” as proclaimed by Cigar Aficionado. Executive Director, Michael Herklots was overjoyed with his 15 month development of the Timeless No. 2. He went on to say, “…this cigar was a natural progression that was about embracing the real story of a true brand. There is a brand not because it is written on paper, but there is a brand because of the 83 years of history here and the couple hundred years of history in DR and there is a history of families working together…”
Timeless No. 2 is the creation of hand picking old traditions paired with a new generation of flavors that keeps the humidor nice and happy. More important that the immense success of Timeless No. 2 is the continuation of passing on the Sherman tradition, “which embody their passionate belief that the camaraderie and memory of a good smoke lasts forever”. Like media mogul Jay-Z says, “A cigar is like a gift you give yourself”. This is definitely not your grandfather’s cigar, but it is priced phenomenally and it is a great cigar to fall in love with over and over again.
