Ashton VSG is one of the first full-bodied cigars in the industry. Debuted in 1999 by Robert Levin of Ashton Cigars, Ashton VSG was a deliberate shift to push the market into fuller bodied cigars, a feat never before attempted using Dominican tobacco.

Ashton VSG: The Blend and Tasting Notes

VSG is an acronym for Virgin Sun Grown. Ashton VSG is named purely for the wrapper which is an exquisite and exotic Sumatra-seed leaf grown under the cloud covers of Ecuador at the foot of the Andes.

Unlike the other Ashton cigars that use tobacco grown by the Fuente Family, Ashton VSG uses a wrapper grown exclusively for the Fuente Family by the Oliva Tobacco Company of Tampa, Florida. Oliva Tobacco Company is not to be confused with the recently acquired Oliva Cigar Co. The wrapper is picked from the high primings for a stronger, more flavourful profile.

Ashton VSG uses the most-prized, prestigious Dominican tobacco aged four to five years as filler and binder. These are then wrapped in the shimmering Ecuadorian-grown Virgin Sun Grown wrapper. 

The result is a lustrous and decadent blend featuring notes of dark chocolate, nuts, damp earth, dark cherry, leather, caramel-like sweetness, a hint of ground pepper,  mint, wood, cream, nutmeg, citrusy zing, espresso coffee, spices, and walnut

This coveted blend has remained consistent for the last decade plus with a plethora of accolades including a slot in CA’s top cigars of 2020 with a staggering 94 rating.

Ashton VSG is rolled at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia and comes in 12 vitolas.

• Tres Mystique (4.375 x 44)

• Enchantment (4.38 x 60)

• Pegasus (5 x 54)

• Belicoso No 1 (5.25 x 52)

• Robusto (5.5 x 50)

• Corona Gorda (5.75 x 46)

• Eclipse (6 x 52)

• Wizard (6 x 56)

• Illusion (6.5 x 44)

• Torpedo (6.5 x 55)

• Sorcerer (7 x 49)

• Spellbound (7.5 x 54)
  

About Ashton Cigars

Robert Levin, the founder of Ashton Cigars got an early start in the cigar business. When he was still in grade school, Robert Levin used to work in his father’s cigar store, Holt’s Cigar Company, sweeping and tidying up. Later, he inherited the cigar store and went on to grow the business exponentially.

Before begetting Ashton Cigars, Robert Levin had been in the tobacco and cigar business for decades. But he wasn’t satisfied with the quality of cigars in the market back then. He wanted a cigar he could enjoy. So, in the late 1980s Robert Levin in collaboration with the Fuente Family released the first Ashton cigar which kicked off a now worldwide highly acclaimed boutique cigar company. The Fuente Family makes all Ashton Cigars at the Tabacalera A Fuente y Cia. The Ashton Cigars portfolio also includes Ashton Classic, Ashton Cabinet, Ashton Symmetry, and Ashton Aged Maduro among others.