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Cigar Insider CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE CIGAR NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW CIGARS OF 2012, PART THREE BY GREGORY MOTTOLA, ANDREW NAGY, G. CLAY WHITTAKER AND DAVID SAVONA Our coverage of the IPCPR trade show continues as the Cigar Insider team further reports on the new releases, brand extensions and limited-edition cigars that will be heading to retail shops and tobacconists from now until the end of the year. ILLUSIONE CIGARS ILLUSIONE SINGULARÉ Made by: TABSA, Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua, Mexico Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Price: $11.00 Cigar Insider Rating: 88–89 points Details: The release dates for both the 2011 and 2012 version of Singularés were temporarily postponed until recently. They both come in the same 6 by 52 size and are dubbed Vimana, which is Sanskrit for UFO. The 2011 Vimana comes wrapped in a leaf of Corojo but the 2012 is rolled with San Andrés maduro, though both come packaged in the same box. Said brand owner Dion Giolito: “The blends do share common leaves from a Nicaraguan farm called Chilamate, which grows very distinct tobacco.” Also: Giolito introduced a new size to his medium-filler Cuchillos Cubanos brand. It’s a 6 by 52 vitola simply called 52. After announcing its new release at the IPCPR trade show, he promptly announced the brand’s discontinuation. J. C. NEWMAN CIGAR CO. PERLA DEL MAR Made by: Fabrica de Tabacos San Rafael S.A., Nicaragua Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Price: $4.50–$5.95 Details: Perla del Mar is a long discontinued vintage Cuban brand resurrected and rebranded for this release. The old artwork is mostly intact, though slightly updated to reflect its new ownership and identity. All the cigars are boxpressed and wear an Ecuadoran Connecticut-seed wrapper. Four sizes are offered: Perla P, 3 3/4 by 56; Perla M, 4 3/4 by 52; Perla G, 6 1/4 by 52; Perla TG, 6 by 60. What makes it special: There are no cigars in the line that retail for more than $6. BRICK HOUSE MIGHTY MIGHTY MADURO Made by: Fabrica de Tabacos San Rafael S.A., Nicaragua Wrapper: Brazil Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Price: $5.95 Details: Brick House Maduro is a one-size offshoot of the original Brick House brand. This 6 1/4 by 60 behemoth features a dark, Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper and comes in black dress boxes of 25. L’ATELIER IMPORTS L’ATELIER Made by: My Father Cigars S.A., Nicaragua Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Price: $8.50–$10.00 Details: Pete Johnson, the maker of Tatuaje cigars, has branched out, forming a new company with his brother K.C. and his friends Dan Welsh and Sean Johnson. “The company is a chance for me to expand my footprint in the cigar industry without adding to the Tatuaje portfolio, which is already at capacity,” Johnson told Cigar Insider in June. His main brand for the company—which is based in Miami rather than Los Angeles, where Tatuaje is headquartered— is called L’Atelier. Translated to mean “workshop,” L’Atelier is a three-size line of fat, pigtailed smokes: LAT52, 4 3/4 by 52; LAT54, 5 5/8 by 54; and LAT56, 6 1/2 by 56. They come in boxes of 15, or in samples of nine containing three of each size. Johnson has called the line medium to fullbodied. The wrapper is called Sancti Spiritus, which Johnson says is a hybrid based in part on Pelo d’Oro leaf, a truly tough leaf to grow. 4 TO SUBSCRIBE GO TO WWW.CIGARINSIDER.COM September 11, 2012
Cigar Insider CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE SURROGATES Made by: My Father Cigars S.A., Nicaragua Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Price: $8.50–$10.00 Details: Designed as a full-bodied cigar by Welsh, Surrogates comes in four sizes: Skull Breaker, 5 1/4 by 52 and Bone Crusher, 5 1/4 by 55, have been on sale since 2011. The company has just added Crystal Baller (cigar shown here), 5 3/4 by 54, and Tramp Stamp, 5 1/4 by 48. They have Ecuadoran Habano wrappers. Also: L’Atelier has introduced two bundle cigars, aiming for smokers on a budget. El Suelo and Trocadéro come in bundles of 20 and sell for $3.75 to $4.75 per cigar. “I want to show people that I can make a great, inexpensive cigar,” says Johnson. LA PALINA CIGARS LA PALINA CLASSIC Made by: PDR Cigars Dominicana, Dominican Republic Wrapper: Brazil Binder: Ecuador Filler: Dom. Rep., Nicaragua Price: $7.50–$8.25 Details: Bill Paley’s La Palina brand was reverse engineered. He debuted with a super-premium line in 2010, added a less expensive line in 2011, and released an even less expensive line this year. La Palina Classic will begin with four sizes: Torpedo, 6 1/4 by 52; Gordo, 6 by 60; Toro, 6 by 50; and Robusto, 5 by 52. This is the first La Palina from the Dominican Republic, and makes this the fourth country of origin for La Palina cigars. What makes it special: The least expensive La Palina yet. LA PALINA MADURO Made by: Fabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas S. de R.L., Honduras Wrapper: Mexico Binder: Honduras Filler: Nicaragua Price: $9.15–$10.50 Details: La Palina has extended its growing line of cigars with a maduro selection, which is made in Honduras at Raices Cubanas, the maker of the company’s El Diario line. The maduros have Mexican San Andrés wrappers, and come in four sizes: 5 by 52, 6 by 50, 6 by 60 and 7 by 56. LA PALINA GOLDIE LAGUITO NO. 2 Made by: El Titan de Bronze, U.S.A. Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Ecuador Filler: Dom. Rep., Nicaragua Price: $15.00 Details: La Palina’s first limited-edition is a dandy, one-size run of 10,000 cigars (1,000 boxes of 10) all crafted by Maria Sierra, who once made Cohibas at Havana’s El Laguito Factory and has been rolling cigars since 1967. The size is a slim 6 inches long by 38 ring gauge, finished with a picture-perfect flag tip called a fan. They began shipping in June. What makes it special: The entire run has been made by one cigarmaker. LA PALINA EL DIARIO KB II Made by: Fabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas S. de R.L., Honduras Wrapper: Honduras Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua Price: $9.25 Details: The “sequel” to last year’s KB, the KB II is a longer version of the 93-point KB, which stands for Kill Bill. It’s 6 inches long by 40 ring gauge, nearly two inches longer than the original KB. When the cigar was first blended, prototypes were so strong that La Palina brand owner Bill Paley couldn’t finish them, and half-jokingly dubbed the size Kill Bill. The name stuck and KB proved to be a popular seller in La Palina’s El Diario line. Now elongated from a petit corona to a corona size, the new KB II comes in boxes of 30. MELO TOBACCO GROUP TUREI Made by: Tabacalera Oliva S.A., Nicaragua Wrapper: Dom. Rep. Binder: Dom. Rep. Filler: Dom. Rep. Price: $6.00–$7.00 Details: Hugo Melo is following up his growing Hispaniola line with a new blend called Turei—the Taino Indian word for heaven. The blend consists of a ravito negro wrapper, olor binder, and a filler composed of olor, papyo and ravito negro. Turei comes in three sizes: Puro Sol No. 1, a 4 1/2 by 54 belicoso; Puro Sol No. 2, 5 1/2 by 54; and Puro Sol No. 3, 6 by 52. What makes it special: The cigars are made with only non- Cuban seed, native Dominican tobaccos. 5 TO SUBSCRIBE GO TO WWW.CIGARINSIDER.COM September 11, 2012
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