Balmoral Anejo XO

Cigars from Balmoral have been present in the German market for many years, initially only with cigarillos and "simpler" cigars in the red, green, and blue series. Since 2012, the manufacturer AGIO has been focusing more on premium long fillers and has given its three classic lines a facelift.

In 2013, this highlight entered the German market and has been selling surprisingly well ever since. A similar attempt was made by Dannemann with their Artist Line: brand building and image enhancement with a premium cigar line. It didn't really work there; hence, a big compliment to AGIO!

In September 2015, AGIO had to announce that the very rare 18-year-old wrapper was slowly coming to an end. The immense success of the Anejo series and the great popularity of the cigars led to the Wintermans family presenting an (almost) identical successor.

Blend Composition and Naming

The origin of the tobaccos remains the same, only slightly younger vintages of wrapper leaves have been used. Some Brazilian tobacco was added to the filler, resulting in the new blends labeled XO being even slightly sweeter and creamier than the "old" ones labeled "18 Years."

As Boris Wintermans, the son of the family patriarch Art Wintermans, assured us during an interview at the Dortmund fair in September 2015, the tobaccos used for the XO's are significantly older than those in comparable products on the market. As we mentioned at the beginning, we were initially surprised by the success and can currently only tip our hats: Chapeau!