Arms Race Escalate

Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés

Binder: Undisclosed

Filler: Undisclosed

Profile: Medium+

Full boxes of cigars come with a limited edition Escalate Sticker Pack.

Every movement needs a first shot. This is it.

Escalate is the opening salvo of the Arms Race ecosystem, a declaration of intent from a brand that was built to reject the mediocre and the mass produced. Blended by Don William Ventura, one of the great Dominican masters whose hands have shaped some of the most celebrated cigars in the industry, and produced at Tabacalera El Maestro, Escalate is not a volume play. It was never meant to be.

This is a cigar made in extremely limited quantities, for the kind of smoker who has stopped settling. A Mexican San Andrés wrapper, dark, oily, and carrying that unmistakable earthy sweetness, wraps a binder and filler blend that Ventura has kept deliberately undisclosed. What he hasn't kept quiet is the result: a medium plus profile with depth, refinement, and a complexity that only comes from working with master grade leaf and a blender who has spent decades learning exactly how far to push a blend before it becomes something truly exceptional.

The world is still running the race to the bottom. Escalate is proof that some of us took a different road.

Limited production. No reorders. The Arms Race has begun.

*Sticker Pack only included with full box purchase
*Sticker Pack also sold separately