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Nicaraguan Forward

Alec Bradley Project 40

Cedar, Baking Spice and Cocoa

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About Alec Bradley Project 40

Project 40, launched in 2019 as an Experimental Series offering, is built around Nicaraguan wrapper and filler with a Brazilian Habano binder. Positioned in the medium‑body/medium‑strength lane, it opens with cedar and baking spice and develops cocoa, roasted‑nut and coffee notes. The line was introduced as a value‑focused regular production offering made in Nicaragua with consistent construction.

  • Made in Nicaragua
  • Medium
  • Nicaraguan (Colorado)
  • Spice, cocoa/molasses sweetness, roasted almond/hazelnut, cedar, coffee

Experimental Nica

Alec Bradley Project 40

Project 40 is a medium‑bodied Experimental Series release built on Nicaraguan wrapper and filler tobaccos with a Brazilian Habano binder. The cigar opens with cedar and spice, then moves into cocoa, molasses‑like sweetness and roasted‑nut notes at an accessible price point.

Sizes

  • 05.50 — (5.0" x 50)
  • 06.52 — (6.0" x 52)
  • 07.52 — (7.0" x 52)
  • 06.60 — (6.0" x 60)
  • 07.70 — (7.0" x 70)

Strength

Medium

Country of Origin

Nicaragua

Wrapper

Nicaraguan (Colorado)

Binder

Brazilian Habano

Filler

Nicaraguan long‑filler

Year Released

2019

Flavor Profile

Spice, cocoa/molasses sweetness, roasted almond/hazelnut, cedar, coffee

Project 40 reads like a deliberate play: familiar Nicaraguan tobaccos at the core with a Brazilian Habano binder to pull sweetness and chocolate forward. The cigar sits in the medium lane—cedar and baking spice open the session, with black pepper and cedar asserting themselves early, then giving way to cocoa, molasses‑like sweetness, roasted nuts and coffee. Coffee and light earth show up on the retrohale at times. Manufactured at J. Fuego’s facility in Estelí and presented as an accessible regular production line, Project 40 aims for steady transitions and reliable performance at a modest price.

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Project 40 uses Nicaraguan wrapper and filler tobaccos with a Brazilian Habano binder. That construction steers the cigar toward cedar and baking‑spice up front, then into chocolate/molasses sweetness and roasted‑nut notes as it develops.