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Review: Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4 Oscuro

As the tidal wave of buzz about new releases for the IPCPR 2012 trade show was steadily building, La Flor Dominicana released, somewhat quietly, a new take on the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4, an oscuro version. Oscuro, which simply means dark, is a word in the cigar industry that doesn’t have the [...]

News: La Flor Dominicana to Ship Small Batch No. 4 Oscuro This Week

The new Small Batch No. 4 Oscuro from La Flor Dominicana is scheduled to be shipped to retailers this week, according to reports from retailers and an LFD representative. The cigars will come in the traditional 105-count crate, with 100 boxes being produced. Each rep was allocated approximately 12 boxes to offer to retailers in [...]

Review: Litto Gomez Diez Vintage 2012 Galego

In February of this year, La Flor Dominicana announced that it would be adding two additional sizes to the portfolio of the Litto Gomez Diez Vintage line. One was a Robusto Extra called Paisano and the other was Galego, a name that was a not new to the Litto Gomez line. The Galego was introduced [...]

Weekly News (February 20, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This is the week of ProCigar 2012, and as such, much of the news will likely be about the Dominican Republic. Quesada will formally open their new factory (and perhaps give it a new name) and announce the next size of Q d’etat. It sounds like things will be quiet at La Aurora [...]

News: La Flor Adds Two Sizes to Litto Gomez Diez Vintage Line

La Flor Dominicana has added two new sizes to the Litto Gomez Diez Vintage line brining the total number of vitolas offered to ten. The first addition is the 6 1/4 x 60 Galego. This is not the first appearance for the Galego name, which was released in 2010 as an exclusive to the Davidoff [...]

Review: Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4

The Litto Gomez Small Batch series is one of the more overlooked cigars on the market. While the cigar itself receives plenty of attention, by the time the fourth edition of the series was ready to be released, it seems that many had forgotten just how special of a product this was back when Litto [...]

Press Release: La Flor Dominicana to Introduce Small Batch No. 4 in December, 2011

December 7, 2011 (Coral Gables, FL) — La Flor Dominicana will introduce the fourth in a series of “Small Batch” Litto Gomez Diez cigars. This limited production item is sold only to selected “Appointed Merchants” These cigars are very special, made with tobaccos that are the cream of the crop. The tobaccos in these cigars [...]

News: Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4

Back before the IPCPR trade show in July, I broke the news on the next Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4. Word was La Flor Dominicana head Litto Gomez had been working on a prototype named “L22″ that featured Pelo de Oro and was to be the next version of the popular Litto Gomez [...]

News: Litto Gomez Small Batch No. 4 & LFD Factory Press IV (Exclusive)

After a few murmurs about a release date, La Flor Dominicana has confirmed that both Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4 and the La Flor Dominicana Factory Press IV are scheduled to ship in December. Small Batch No. 4 was on display at W. Curtis Draper’s Little Puff earlier this month with a box [...]

Weekly News (October 3, 2011)

Editor’s Note: The biggest news of the week was the Friday announcement from the attorneys for Pepín García indicating the legal matter of El Rey de los Habanos had been settled. Our original story contained an error referring to the separate matter of Tabacalera Cubanas as “lawsuit” instead of “dissolution.” (To be clear both companies [...]