Match Cigar Bar • House Brand
Hecho a Mano en Nicaragua. Our name, our blend, our pride. The cigar you can only get at Match.
“Fosforo” means “match” in Spanish — a deliberate nod to the bar that inspired it. When we set out to create a house cigar, we didn’t want a relabeled factory stick. We wanted something that told our story.
The result is Fosforo: a Nicaraguan puro handmade in Estelí — the cigar capital of the world — and available nowhere else on earth except 207 Spring Street, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Every box reads the same inscription:
FOSFORO — Hecho a Mano en Nicaragua — Jeffersonville ★ Estelí
You cannot buy Fosforo online, at another shop, or in another state. It exists in one place: the Match Cigar Bar humidor. That’s by design.
Rolled by hand in Estelí, Nicaragua — the same valley that produces the world’s most sought-after tobacco. Hecho a mano. No shortcuts.
Blended specifically to complement Match’s bourbon selection. The caramel sweetness and cedar backbone were chosen to sing alongside a neat pour.
Fosforo is a Nicaraguan puro — wrapper, binder, and filler all sourced from Nicaragua’s finest growing regions. The result is a cigar with depth that rewards attention but never demands it.
Smooth enough to welcome a newcomer into the world of premium cigars. Complex enough to hold the attention of someone who’s smoked thousands. That’s the line we wanted to walk — and Fosforo walks it beautifully.
“The cigar that represents everything Match is about — quality, exclusivity, and a damn good time.”— The Fosforo Philosophy
Every house cigar should have a soulmate behind the bar. Fosforo has three. Our bartenders recommend these pairings to bring out the best in the blend.
Match’s signature cocktail. The hickory smoke mirrors Fosforo’s cedar backbone, while the bourbon’s caramel sweetness amplifies the cigar’s creamy finish. This is the pairing we recommend first.
Poured neat. The high-rye mashbill and 120-proof backbone cut through Fosforo’s creaminess while its vanilla and oak notes lock in with the cigar’s cedar and caramel. Bold meets bold.
For warmer evenings or lighter moments. The ginger beer’s spice echoes Fosforo’s gentle pepper, while the lime brightness cleanses the palate between draws. Refreshing counterpoint.
Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Estelí, Nicaragua, sit nearly 2,000 miles apart. One is a small river city on the Ohio, known for bourbon country hospitality. The other is a mountain valley that produces the finest cigar tobacco on the planet.
Fosforo connects them. Every cigar that leaves our humidor carries Estelí’s craftsmanship into Jeffersonville’s warmth. It’s a handshake across borders — two traditions of quality meeting in one smoke.
When you light a Fosforo at Match, you’re not just smoking a cigar. You’re holding a story that spans from the tobacco fields of the Jalapa Valley to the leather chairs at 207 Spring Street.
Fosforo represents Match’s philosophy: premium quality, personal experience, no pretension. Whether you’re brand new to cigars or you’ve been smoking for decades, Fosforo has something for you.
For the newcomer, it’s a welcoming introduction — smooth, balanced, and approachable. For the aficionado, it’s a Nicaraguan puro with genuine complexity that reveals new layers as you smoke. And for everyone, it’s a conversation piece — because no one else in the room has smoked this cigar before.
Ask any staff member at Match which cigar they reach for first. The answer is always Fosforo.