Byron Selección Privada No. 2 Torpedo

Byron Selección Privada No. 2 Torpedo is the 7 x 56 torpedo in the Byron Selección 1850 line.

Byron is made by Selected Tobacco, the house of Nelson Alfonso, the Cuban artist credited with the Cohiba Behike branding, and the whole brand is rolled at Tabacos de Costa Rica in Santiago de Puriscal. Byron was founded in Havana in 1850, as the packaging reads, and named for the English poet Lord Byron, an avid cigar smoker; Cigar Aficionado traces it to Alfonso's own ancestors, and Byron says the family recovered the name in 1998. Byron says its cigars rest for years after rolling, against the roughly 60 days it calls typical. Selección 1850, called Byron 1850 in the trade, is the fourth Byron line. Selected Tobacco unveiled it at the 2022 PCA trade show in Las Vegas, and Nelson Alfonso called it a “bolder representation of the Byron blend.”

halfwheel, Cigar Aficionado and Cigar Coop give the blend as an Ecuadorian wrapper and a Peruvian binder over Dominican and Nicaraguan filler, and Byron's own page agrees, naming Nicaraguan ligero with Dominican seco and volado. halfwheel reports the cigars rest in cedar and French oak aging rooms. The box is a dark, glossy walnut-look lacquer with embossed hinges and a push-button clasp, its lid marked “SELECCIÓN 1850.”

The Selección Privada No. 2 is a 7 x 56 torpedo, as Cigar Coop described it at the 2022 launch; Byron's factory name for it is Pirámides Gigantes. Byron rates it medium.

• Size: 7 x 56 Torpedo
• Wrapper: Ecuadorian
• Binder: Peruvian
• Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan
• Strength: Medium
• Origin: Tabacos de Costa Rica, Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica
• Box: 25 cigars

Offered by the single, the five-pack or the box of 25.

Selección Privada No. 2 Torpedo FAQ

What does Byron Selección 1850 taste like? Byron has not published tasting notes. Cigar Aficionado found leather, earth, spice, chocolate and coffee bean in the Grand Bouquets, and Cigar Coop found an earth-led No. 3 with oak, cocoa, cedar and pepper.

What size is the Selección Privada No. 2? 7 x 56, a torpedo, packed 25 to a box.

Where is Byron made? At Tabacos de Costa Rica in Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica, where Selected Tobacco rolls the whole Byron brand. United Cigars distributes it in the United States.

Where can I buy the Selección Privada No. 2 Torpedo in Yuma, Arizona? In the walk-in humidor at Sun of a Gun Cigars & Spirits, 1651 S Arizona Ave in Yuma, or right here online. Call 928-276-3500 to ask what is on the shelf today.

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Brand

Byron

Line

Byron Selección 1850

Vitola

Torpedo

Length

7 inches

Ring gauge

56

Wrapper

Ecuadorian

Binder

Peruvian

Filler

Dominican and Nicaraguan

Strength

Medium

Country of origin

Costa Rica

Factory

Tabacos de Costa Rica, Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica

Format

Single, 5-Pack, Box of 25

Box count

25

Tasting notes

Earth, oak, cocoa, leather and spice (critics' reviews)

Ships from

Sun of a Gun Cigars & Spirits, Yuma, Arizona