As we in the west have grown fatter, so too have our cigars. That’s literally what “Gordo” means in Spanish: fat. It’s a word we shy away from these days for some reason, despite the fact that we’re all fat as hell. But let’s put that aside and talk about this whopper of a cigar that’s designed to fully satisfy the most demanding cigar smokers in the world.
A Gordo cigar typically measures around 7 or 8 inches long, and has a swollen ring gauge of 60 or more, depending on how much tobacco the roller was able to snatch out of his pile. Gordo cigars are not totally standardized, like so many cigar shapes and sizes, and this one is really prone to inflation. When you bill a cigar as the biggest of the bunch, you’ve got to make sure that you really deliver, and Gordo cigars always do.
The real question is: can you even handle a Gordo cigar? These things are massive!
Gordos are a mouthful, but if you’re truly looking for a big ass cigar, you’ve found your match. There’s no shortage of tobacco in the blend, and you can find a wealth of rich leaves packed into each cigar. Blenders can do a lot with sticks this size, too. There’s more room to include a bit of this, a pinch of that, and still have space left over for the core leaves. It’s a tobacco banquet, essentially, all culminating in big, lush draws and fluffy white clouds.
Many brands have embraced the modern trend of offensively large cigars like the Gordo. A few of our favorites include the Ashton VSG Wizard, La Aroma de Cuba Original El Jefe, Padrón 1926 Anniversary No. 48 Gordo, Alec Bradley Project 40, God of Fire Serie B Gran Toro 56, and the Drew Estate ACID Deep Dish, just to name a few.
Order up a box (if you can find room in your house for it), and just marvel at the sheer size of these suckers. Then, plan a time when you can actually get away with firing one up and not wasting it. We’ll forgive you if you don’t nub it out. After all, you wouldn’t be the first to find that a Gordo cigar is simply too much length and girth to handle. If you really like your smoke, however, you’re in for a hell of an experience. It’s all the cigar you could possibly want, and then some on top of it.
There’s nothing modest about a Gordo, and we hope you’ll enjoy it by letting it all hangout and fully kicking back. Sophisticated and refined is for other smokes. This is one fat cigar.
Please browse our selection of Gordo Cigars at your leisure.
