
Warped Cigars
Founded by Kyle Gellis in 2007, Warped Cigars grew from a lifelong curiosity about flavor and traditional cigar craft. Gellis deepened that education in Little Havana and found an early production home at El Titan de Bronze, where Cuban-inspired techniques helped shape Warped's identity. Today the portfolio spans Miami, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic, yet keeps one clear point of view: personally developed blends, deliberate proportions, patient aging, and balance over excess. Warped's “Be Exclusively Different” philosophy is expressed through distinctive stories, traditional formats, and a refusal to rush the work behind each release.
OUR CIGARS
Corto Maduro
1 vitola →Ten years after Corto's Corojo debut, Corto Maduro introduced a Mexican San Andrés wrapper around a Nicaraguan blend rich in Estelí Medio Tiempo. Made at NACSA, it brings Warped's short-format concept into a fuller register of chocolate, black cherry, spice, and sweetness.
Sarto
3 vitolas →Sarto honors Kyle Gellis's beloved Cane Corso, remembered as a fixture at Warped HQ. The NACSA-made blend is intentionally big, bold, and strong, with Connecticut Broadleaf over Nicaraguan tobaccos and notes of chocolate, black pepper, leather, oak, and cream.
La Colmena
2 vitolas →La Colmena—“The Beehive”—is Warped's flagship and its most traditional Cuban-style blend. Category 9 Cuban master rollers at El Titan de Bronze produce no more than 100 cigars per day using entubado bunching, a Cuban triple cap, and a covered foot. The profile centers cream, honey, vanilla, white pepper, and cedar.
Don Reynaldo
1 vitola →Don Reynaldo honors Kyle Gellis's father and his love of Cuban cigars. Rolled at El Titan de Bronze at a maximum of 100 per day, it uses entubado bunching and a Cuban triple cap for a medium-plus profile of cedar, barnyard, peppercorn, and cream.
Isla del Cocodrilo
2 vitolas →Isla del Cocodrilo takes its name from Cuba's crocodile-like silhouette and pays tribute to the island's cigar tradition. Made at Tabacalera La iSLA, its Ecuadorian Habano Desflorada wrapper supports dried fruit, cream, leather, oak, cedar, and mixed spices.
Serie Gran Reserva 1988
1 vitola →Serie Gran Reserva 1988—“GR88”—commemorates Kyle Gellis's birth year and a blend he refined over several years before allowing it to carry that date. Made at TABSA, it presents cinnamon, molasses, barnyard, stone fruit, and coffee in a classic 5¼×50 format.
Corto
2 vitolas →Corto was Warped's first full-bodied blend, designed for time-sensitive cigar moments without abandoning complexity. Made at TABSA, it layers black pepper, dense wood, leather, chocolate, caramel, and molasses in two compact box-pressed formats.
La Hacienda
3 vitolas →La Hacienda revives a vintage Cuban brand with a modern outlook. Produced at TABSA, the Nicaraguan blend offers leather, pistachio, earth, citrus, and white pepper across three traditional formats.
Nicotina
1 vitola →Nicotina revives a Havana brand first produced in 1880 through an all-Nicaraguan Aganorsa blend. Full-bodied yet shaped by Warped's emphasis on balance and complexity, it brings black and red pepper, licorice, fruit, oak, leather, and espresso.
Cloud Hopper
2 vitolas →Inspired by Kyle Gellis's love of travel, Cloud Hopper was conceived as a light-footed cigar tied to memories gathered over time. Made at TABSA, its published profile combines cinnamon, cream, fruit, and subtle spices; the official page needs correction on binder and body wording.
Maestro del Tiempo
2 vitolas →Maestro del Tiempo emerged from years of searching Aganorsa regions, farms, and lots for the right components. The TABSA-made blend reflects Warped's belief that time must be mastered rather than rushed, with cedar, cream, vanilla, walnuts, gentle sweetness, and a chewy texture.
The Devil's Hands®
1 vitola →Brought to life in 2021 from an early Kyle Gellis concept, The Devil's Hands is a Nicaraguan puro made entirely with Aganorsa tobacco. Estelí components and a shade-grown Jalapa Corojo '99 wrapper support sweet spice, black pepper, oak, earth, cashews, and leather.
Companion de Warped
1 vitola →Companion de Warped was designed as a daily cigar that could travel anywhere. The blend began with a distinctive Mexican San Andrés wrapper found while Gellis sourced tobaccos in the Dominican Republic, then took shape at Tabacalera La iSLA in a classic Rothschild with chocolate, black pepper, floral notes, earth, oak, and sugar.
News & press
Recent stories
La Colmena Amado No. 40
halfwheel scored the La Colmena Amado No. 40 at 88, finding the compact petit corona pleasantly flavorful with enough progression to stay engaging for roughly an hour. Patrick Lagreid viewed it as a good short-format expression of the blend, while noting that La Colmena shows more of its potential in thicker ring gauges.
Read article ↗Cigar Review: Isla del Cocodrilo Blanco from Warped
Simply Stogies rated the Isla del Cocodrilo Blanco 9.35/10 after reviewing three cigars, praising its nuanced, distinguishable flavors and sharp burn. James Giehm noted flaky ash and a delicate Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper, but said neither issue materially hurt the construction or smoking experience.
Read article ↗Warped La Colmena Amado No. 44 Review
After Action Cigars, which also sells the cigar, rated the La Colmena Amado No. 44 9.4/10 after Brad Jackson smoked two samples. Jackson emphasized its slow, even burn, excellent draw, and smooth, approachable profile, and concluded that the premium price was justified by the overall experience.
Read article ↗PCA 2026: Warped Cigars
halfwheel's PCA 2026 booth report catalogued five launches across Warped and Gellis Family Cigars. For Warped, Brooks Whittington highlighted the return of Maestro del Tiempo 6102R and the Isla del Cocodrilo Gran Toro, while distinguishing those releases from the separate Gellis Family lines in the broader presentation.
Read article ↗Warped's Maestro del Tiempo 6102R Returning This Fall
Citing Cigar Aficionado, halfwheel reported that Warped's Maestro del Tiempo 6102R would return for a third release, with 40,000 cigars packed in 100-count cabinets after its 2016 and 2020 editions. The report said the limited 5 1/4 x 48 Nicaraguan puro would debut at PCA 2026 and ship in the fall; Warped did not respond to halfwheel's request for information.
Read article ↗No. 8 Cigar of the Year 2025 – Corto Maduro
Cigar Dojo ranked Warped Corto Maduro eighth on its 2025 Cigars of the Year list, praising the concentrated 4 1/2 x 46 format for its dense smoke texture and full-bodied maduro character. Jordan Guttormson highlighted a profile built around pepper, earth, coffee, chocolate, smoky accents, and stone fruit.
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