AG Cigars Legendary Moment Jamie Foxx

For me, the surprise of The Consensus 2025 was the company that placed the #5 cigar on the list.

AG Cigars is the company of Alejandro “Alex” González Arias, whom Brooks Whittington once profiled. At that time, González was a cigar roller in Cuba, working as a “custom roller,” someone who rolled cigars outside of a traditional factory setting. As with many custom rollers, he worked at a shop at a hotel, one located outside the Hotel Comodoro in Miramar, Havana.

Eventually, he left Cuba and, as with so many others, found his way to Nicaragua, which is where AG Cigars was born. He is now partnered with JTA Tobacco Company S.A., a company that says it is the first to have a cigarette manufacturing license in Nicaragua. González’s brands fall under the handmade cigar portfolio, which appears to also include the HR Cigars brand from Hirochi Robaina.

While I had heard of González and remembered hearing about his move to Nicaragua, I didn’t initially realize that’s whose cigars were making a run to appear on The Consensus, in part because he was regularly referred to as “Alex Glez.”

However, once I realized who it was, I got in contact with González, who told me that he had lots of new launches planned for 2026. Two of them are cigars under Legendary Moments, a new line of celebrity cigars.

One of the cigars is made for Ray Lewis, the retired Baltimore Ravens star who once had a line of cigars made by Rocky Patel. The other is for Jamie Foxx, the actor.

Within the dimensions of the cigars themselves, González has snuck some personal details of each man. For example, the cigar made for Lewis is 6 1/5 x 52. The “6 1/5″ translates to 6.2, a reference to Lewis 6’2″ height, while 52 is the number he wore for the Ravens.

The Legendary Moment Jamie Foxx is a 5 9/10 x 58 gordo, the 5.9 references Foxx being 5’9”, while the 58 refers to his age.

Blend-wise, on paper, the two cigars are somewhat similar but slightly different. While they both use an Ecuadorian wrapper, the Ray Lewis cigar is a habano 2000 seed. The fillers both contain Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco, but the Jamie Foxx cigar gets a Peruvian leaf.

• Cigar Reviewed: AG Cigars Legendary Moment Jamie Foxx
• Country of Origin: Nicaragua
• Factory: JTA Tobacco Company S.A.
• Wrapper: Ecuador
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Peru & Undisclosed
• Length: 5 9/10 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 58
• Shape: Round
• MSRP: $27 (Box of 10, $270)
• Release Date: July 2026
• Number of Cigars Released: 1,500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (15,000 Total Cigars)
• Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3

The wrappers have lots of reds and very little discoloration, just some small areas, typically around the veins. Speaking of veins, two of the three cigars have some of the most well-hidden veins I’ve seen in a few months. From about two feet away, I can spot only a handful of veins on one of the cigars. Of course, this is a plant, and there are lots of vein structure once examined more closely. That said, the cigars appear to be well-rolled, although there’s at least one hard spot on each cigar, always in the area between the main band and the top of the cigars. The first cigar’s wrapper is a rare instance when a cigar smells like something else: in this case like the inside of the bag of some spicy potato chips. There’s also a more common fruitiness, but the chip scent is unique, albeit quite mild. The second cigar is the same, though more medium, while the third cigar adds some woods. The foot of the first cigar has the same potato chip scent, though it also has some dirty pond water, which is much more prevalent on the second and third cigars. Cold draws of the first cigar are led by that water taste, reminding me of the smell of some of the ponds I regularly walk by, with black pepper and potting soil in the background. It’s medium-plus and with a slightly open draw. The second cigar has a combination of wood and tartness, also medium-plus but with a great draw. The third cigar is slightly stronger and has a mixture of peppermint and spiced rum over some raisin.

The cigars start medium-plus or medium-full, though woodiness is consistently the strongest flavor. There’s secondary flavors of mango sweetness, creaminess, nuttiness, raisins and dirty pond water, though no cigar has all of those flavors. Pretty early on, I’m thinking a lot about how the flavors present themselves. While most cigars tend to have an initial flavor profile that lasts while the smoke is in the mouth and lasts for maybe a handful of seconds after, followed by an aftertaste that lingers for the next 10 or 15 seconds, each cigar tends to have one grouping of flavor that never leaves the palate. Woodiness—more of an oak than cedar or mahogany—is the strongest of the flavors, with nuttiness, earthiness and sweetness behind. With the exception of some added creaminess in the first cigar, I don’t find any new flavors during the finish. There’s a difference in the sweetness, dryness, sourness and sharpness, but I’m regularly flummoxed as to when the main flavor ends and the finish begins. Retrohaling each cigar shows a much more lively flavor profile, though the second cigar isn’t as good as the other two. Lots of thick earth emerges with varying secondary notes of black pepper, diner coffee, burnt bread, pencil lead, green grapes, and vegetal flavors. Unlike with the main flavor, there’s a much clearer change. The first cigar adds toastiness and saltiness, the second cigar has those qualities but also more tartness and a gingerbread flavor, the third has more leather and black pepper but is not as dramatic of a change. Flavor is medium-full in the mouth but full in the retrohale, body is medium-plus or medium-full, while strength is medium or medium-plus. All three cigars need a touch-up for uneven burns. The first cigar’s ash is quite flaky and is making a mess, though not an issue for the other two cigars. Across the board, draw and smoke production are good.

I find some nice progression in the second third of the Legendary Moment Jamie Foxx cigars. Nuttiness, with some underlying creaminess, has moved to the forefront of the profile. However, the wood flavor—now more cedar-like—emerges a few seconds after each puff; once that happens, the nuttiness is completely drowned out. I suppose if that marks the start of the finish, then there are additional flavors of brown sugar and some mild metallic aspects. However, there’s just no change in the space I’d normally define as the finish. Retrohaling brings some tart berry sweetness, which mixes really well with the core flavors. Rice cakes, saltiness, leather and white pepper are secondary notes. They carry over to a traditional finish, which adds some grittiness and an even drier rice cake flavor. Flavor is full, body is medium-plus and strength is medium-full. Each cigar needs one touch-up for an uneven burn, though again, the rest of the construction elements are great.

For about half of what I’d consider the smokeable parts of the final third, the Legendary Moment Jamie Foxx continues down the same path. Eventually, the flavor profile changes and signals that it has reached its final chapter. The woody flavor becomes toastier and eventually burnt, while most of the other flavors—most notably, the nuttiness—have completely departed, leaving toastiness, sharpness and a mild bread flavor as secondary notes. Unlike before, there’s a more traditional finish, with added leather and toasty notes, though I also get some brown sugar and cinnamon. Retrohales remain a great contrast, though there’s less similarity between the three cigars. The first cigar is reminiscent of some of the early sections with a familiar green grape flavor before woodiness and bread take over. The second cigar has lots of oak with some saltiness, while the third cigar tastes a bit Dominican with creaminess and peanuts on top of some mild wood. The finish of each cigar is a lot sharper with earthiness, toastiness and pencil lead emerging. Flavor is medium-full or full, body is medium-plus and strength is medium-plus or medium-full. The first cigar is the only one of the three that requires a touch-up, again for an uneven burn.

Final Notes

• I wasn’t aware of Jamie Foxx being a noted cigar smoker. Searching through Google Images doesn’t produce many results, but he was at a Zino Platinum-sponsored event in 2002. I’d imagine that event is the modern record for the most A-list celebrities at a cigar event.
• More than any cigar in quite some time, I found identifying the finish to be very difficult. This is because the initial flavors lingered forever, well past the point of what I’d consider the finish. I’m unsure why this was the case, as pretty much every other cigar I’ve ever smoked has a clear transition.
• Beyond that unique quality, I felt like the flavor profile needed more time to open up, almost like decanting. Oftentimes, it felt like the flavor was really focused on a narrow area of my tongue. While I understand that’s not actually how the science of tasting works, it was more spatially limited than a typical cigar.
• There’s certainly a chance the lack of discernible finish and the concentration of flavors are related, whether to my taste buds or the cigar.
• While this cigar lost construction points for combustion issues during nearly every third of the cigar, the issues were consistent and annoying more than problematic. Still, it cost the final score multiple points.
• I’d advise not trying to outpuff the combustion issues. When I did, it predictably made the cigar harsher and toastier, though for this particular cigar, it drowned out the flavor profile more than what normally happens when I heat a cigar up due to faster smoking.

• The third cigar I intended to smoke cracked upon cutting. It was a more significant issue than most, and I opted to grab the last remaining cigar we purchased and smoke that instead.
• While the main band is one used for other cigars, the secondary band that says “JAMIE FOXX” also includes two small icons referencing his acting career.

• The cigars for this review were purchased by halfwheel.
• AG Cigars lists this as a 5 9/10 x 58 gordo, above are the dimensions I found for the three cigars smoked for this review.
• Final smoking time was two hours and 30 minutes to two hours and 45 minutes.

AG Cigars
AG Cigars Legendary Moment Jamie Foxx
Gordo
Jamie Foxx
JTA Tobacco Company S.A.
Nicaragua