A.J. creates unmatched quality cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua, after growing up in Cuba and being steeped in the rich heritage of the Fernandez cigar family. With help from the rest of his extended family, A.J. oversees the day-to-day operations and ensures exceptional quality.

Based in Miami, Florida, A.J. is a family-friendly cigar brand. A.J. blended all of the cigars for his own collection, and each brand offers a distinctive smoking experience, demonstrating his skill as a tobacco producer and blender. To provide a pleasant and well-balanced smoking experience, each blend's ingredients are chosen according to their strength, flavour, and sc

A.J. consistently finds the ideal sweet spot of flavour and richness, demonstrating his mastery in the art of cigar balancing.


AJ has made significant investments throughout Nicaragua to produce his own tobacco from all of the main growing zones thanks to his strategic location within the country's lush and fertile grounds. In Nicaragua, A.J. owns and runs two cigar factory. The San Lotano facility is situated 70 km north in Totogalpa, while Tabacalera AJ Fernandez de Nicaragua, SA is situated in Estelí, Nicaragua, in the centre of tobacco country.

A.J. is able to handcraft more than 100,000 cigars every day thanks to these two factories. Each cigar that we get to savour is crafted by craftsmen using time-honoured techniques that have been passed down to AJ from previous generations.