Graycliff Chateau

Graycliff Chateau

The Grand Cru series with their purple outfit is the finest and most exclusive of Graycliff. This brand is only one of the world, produced in the Bahamas. Enrico Garzaroli Avelino Lara took on the island, the legendary torcedor from Cuba. Cigars by Graycliff polarize, the booth at the tobacco trade show in the United States always provided with plenty of glitter and glamor - a cigar for the selfconfident smoker!

The Italian Enrico Garzaroli visited the Bahamas first in 1973. Here he discovered within this paradise the 260 year old mansion Graycliff. This colonial jewel he bought from Lord and Lady Dudley, and transformed it into an internationally renowned five star hotel with one of the best restaurants in the entire Caribbean. The famous wine cellar holds over 175.000 of the finest wines - including the oldest wine (Acts wine) from 1727 Bremer Schlosskellerei.

As a cuban aficionado Enrico Garzaroli often went to Cuba, where he finally got to know Avelino Lara, who is known as the King of torcedores (cigar roller). Lara was then longtime director of El Laguito the birthplace of the famous cuban Cohiba.

He was also responsible for Fidel Castro's cigars, he rolled the cigar for Fidel's personal use. He called the Trinidad brand to life, which were originally intended only for state guests. He was also responsible for the creation of Vitola de Galera Laguito number 1 and Laguito number 2 for Zino Davidoff, when he was still in producing cigars in Cuba.

Garzaroli persuaded Lara to emigrate to the Bahamas in order to manufacture cigars, named after the 5-star hotel "Graycliff". The tobaccos used are all from Central America and Brazil. The wrapper has been grown in Ecuador from Sumatra seed. Graycliff has also built its own tobacco plantations, to avoid possible variations in the quality of the suppliers. The largest share of the tobacco used is now home-grown. Graycliff cigars in Nassau, as are the traditional Cohiba in Havana itself, are produced with a triple fermentation. The rolling method is similar to the ancient tradition of Havana: the filler of the Cigar is bundled by hand and placed into molds for fifteen minutes. The torcedores all come from Cuba and have a long-standing tradition in reputable factories. Annually the two cigar lovers and business partners produce about 600,000 cigars in  the traditional Cuban method. Only Avelino and Enrico know exactly what tobacco blend is processed.

All Viola (formats) are long filler cigars (made from whole leaves), and are entirely hand-made jewels. Both Graycliff, as well as Avelino Lara and Garzaroli have committed themselves to absolute quality.

The series "Chateau Grand Cru" has a wrapper which was grown in Costa Rica. It is a dark seed from Connecticut. The other two tobaccos used, the binder and the filler are imported from the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua and Ecuador, which makes this mix rare and exclusive with a very special touch.

1973 visited the Italian Enrico Garzaroli the Bahamas. Here he discovered within the paradise the 260 year old mansion Graycliff. This colonial jewel he received from Lord and Lady Dudley, and transformed it into an internationally renowned five star hotel with one of the best restaurants in the entire Caribbean. In the famous wine cellar holds over 175,000 of the finest wines - including the oldest wine (Acts wine) from 1727 Bremer Schlosskellerei.

As an aficionado habanophiler Enrico Garzaroli often went to Cuba, where he finally learned to know Avelino Lara, who is known as the King of torcedores (cigar roller). Lara was then longtime director of El Laguito the birthplace of the Cohiba.

He was also responsible for Fidel Castro's cigars that he is the cigar for Fidel's personal use rolled. He called the Trinidad brand to life, which were originally intended only for state guests. He was also responsible for the creation of Vitola de Galera Laguito number 1 and number 2 for Laguito Zino Davidoff, when he was still in Cuba produced cigars.

Emigrate Garzaroli persuaded Lara to the Bahamas in order to "Graycliff" to manufacture cigars, named after the 5-star hotel. The deposit tobaccos are all from Central America and Brazil. The order and cover has been removed from Sumatra seed planted in Ecuador. Graycliff has also built its own tobacco plantations, to avoid possible variations in the quality of the suppliers. The largest share of the tobacco used is now home-grown. Graycliff cigars are in Nassau, as subjected to the traditional Cohiba in Havana itself, a three-time fermentation. The rolling method is similar to the ancient tradition of Havana: Cigar of the winding is bundled by hand and placed fifteen minutes into molds. The torcedores all come from Cuba and has a long-standing tradition in reputable factories. Annually produce two cigar lovers and business partners about 600,000 cigars in traditional Cuban method. Only Avelino and Enrico know exactly what tobacco blend is processed.

All Viola (formats) are long filler (made from whole leaves), that is entirely hand-made jewels. Both Graycliff, as Avelino Lara and Garzaroli have themselves committed to absolute quality.

It was released in August 2005 and was noted as one the best new cigars on the market by aficionados attending the 2005 RTDA trade show. Aficionados compared this seductive, deep flavored cigar to premium aged Cuban cigars, by delivering enough strenght to satisfy the most demanding cigar lover.

The Graycliff Château Grand Cru is indeed the grand cru of cigars. Produced with strictly selected and aged tobacco from Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This perfectly flavoured cigar is very well balanced and a classy smoke. With its purple, double banded label the Gracyliff signal the high qualities and splendor of this cigar. The Chateau Grand Cru consists of five sizes including a perfecto size (Salomon) and a mini pyramid (Scooter).