Lost & Found: Agasaurus Cigars

To say that Lost & Found is a special project is to put it somewhat mildly. Lost & Found is a clandestine endeavor created by Robert Caldwell of Caldwell Cigar Company and Tony Bellatto of La Barba Cigars. The brand itself doesn't fashion or create any of their own cigars, per se. Instead, Caldwell and Bellatto have utilized the potential of "lost" cigars forgotten in the vast warehouses of other manufacturers. It goes something like this: Whenever a cigar brand rolls and boxes cigars for a particular line or release, they're inevitably left with, well, leftovers — either only so many boxes were made or the series was capped at a certain number, the surplus left on the factories' shelves. Caldwell and Bellatto, then, "find" these "lost" cigars, rebrand them, and offer them to consumers. While the blends' original components and company of manufacture remain anonymous, connoisseurs can count on them being from some of the most reputable names in the industry and having several years worth of age to them. Lost & Found offers some of the best-kept secrets in the cigar industry and has developed a loyal following.

Robert Caldwell's celebration of Central American leaf's bold, spicy flavor, the Agasaurus derives its name from the famed dinosaur of the same name, a Spinosaurus-like creature discovered (invented) by Caldwell himself. The Agasaurus evolved to live harmoniously with the natural world, developing spines that housed and cultivated tobacco leaves. In honor of his recent palaeontological discovery, Caldwell offers the Agasarus cigar, a Nicaraguan puro with a Corojo wrapper and rich tasting notes of hay, cedar, earth, and citrus — available exclusively at Smokingpipes.