Diesel is a full-bodied brand made by A.J. Fernández in Nicaragua for Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which also owns Cigars International. Since 2021 it has been sold by STG's Forged Cigar Co.
It debuted in 2009 through Cigars International and Cigar.com as a catalog and mail-order brand. The first and, for a while, only size was the Unholy Cocktail, a 5 x 56 belicoso. Shorty and the Unlimited line followed, and Diesel moved into brick-and-mortar shops in 2017. Later releases include Grind (2017) and Whiskey Row (2018), a cigar aged in bourbon barrels.
The seasonal Sunday Gravy series began in 2021 with San Marzano and was followed by Pecorino, Rosamarino and Grappa, with a sixth and final blend scheduled for October 2022. The newer releases are handmade at Tabacalera A.J. Fernández in Estelí and were blended by Fernández with Justin Andrews. Cigar Aficionado reported in 2016 that Diesel was planned for the new San Lotano factory in Ocotal.
When STG created Forged in 2021, Diesel was one of its first five brands, alongside Partagás, La Gloria Cubana, Bolívar Cofradía and Chillin' Moose, and it was still on Forged's list after the February 2026 reshuffle. Man O' War is its sibling: another A.J. Fernández catalog brand launched in 2009.
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- blended byblends A.J. Fernandez
- planned production at (Cigar Aficionado, 2016)planned production of (2016) San Lotano Factory (Ocotal)
- sibling brandsibling brand Man O' War
- sold bysells Forged Cigar Co.
- Sunday Gravy produced at Tabacalera A.J. Fernández (Estelí)
- owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)
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