NAT SHERMAN NATURALS CIGARETTE BRAND

Nat Sherman Naturals is the brand name for a line of handmade cigars and “luxury cigarettes.” The company, which began as a retail tobacconist, continues to operate a flagship retail shop now located on 42nd Street, off Fifth Avenue, in New York City. Corporate offices are now located at the foot of the George Washington Bridge in the borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey.

QUICK FACTS

Nat Sherman Naturals, the brand, began with Nat Sherman, the man. Sherman made his fortune running a prominent speakeasy in New York City during the 1920s.

Sherman provided A struggling developer by the name of Abe Gubertz, with a loan, taking retail space located in the lobby of a 38-story building located on Broadway in Manhattan. as partial payment.

The shop sold cigarettes and cigars in substantial quantities to those who worked in the building and proved a means of distributing its own cigars, including Epoca and Nat Sherman Natural-branded products.

The company also was the exclusive importer and distributor of the Cuban-made Bolivar brand in the United States.

Sherman was also a pioneer in the manufacture of cigarettes which made use of cigar tobacco, launching a product called “Havana Ovals #149” early in the 1950s.

The company also sells pipe tobacco under the “Nat Sherman Naturals” brand name.

Joel Sherman assumed the role of company president and CEO in 1990 and terminated many of the existing management staff, and once again set the company on the course of developing unique, elite, high-end products.

The company’s cigarette manufacturing is conducted in its own facility in Greensboro, North Carolina.

VARIETY

Nat Sherman Naturals

• Classic – king size 85mm, white wrapping, tan filter, robust
• Classic Blue – king size 85mm, white wrapping, tan filter
• Classic Menthol – king size 85mm, white wrapping, tan filter, natural menthol in the cigarette filter
• New York Cut Original – king size 85mm, white wrapping, tan filter, robust, lower price point than the Classic make
• New York Cut Blue – king size 85mm, white wrapping, white filter, lower price point than the Classic blue make
• New York Cut Menthol – king size 85mm, white wrapping, tan filter, natural menthol in the cigarette filter, lower price point than the Classic make
• Fantasia lights – colored paper wrappings with gold leaf charcoal filter
• Black and Gold – black with gold leaf charcoal filter
• Hint of Menthol (formerly A Hint of Mint) – mint flavor in filter
• MCD – available in a light version
• Naturals – available in mint and light versions; also available in king size
• A Touch of Clove – clove flavor in filter (discontinued)