July 12, 2016 Patrick Lagreid IPCPR 2016

Fratello Cigars Announces Oro as Third Blend

Fratello Cigars is growing its regular production portfolio with a new blend called Oro that will be released at the upcoming 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.

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The new line marks the first time that Omar de Frias has used an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, something that he says gives the company a cigar that is mild to medium with a creamy aftertaste “but that also embodies the true nature of our company which is full flavor cigars.” Underneath that wrapper is a Cameroon binder with Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers.

Fratello Oro will come in six sizes, all in 20-count boxes and priced between $7 – $10 per cigar: Corona (5 1/2 x 47), Robusto (5 x 50), Robusto Extra (4 x 58), Toro (6 1/4 x 54), Gordo (6 x 60) and The Boxer Oro (6 1/4 x 52), which comes in a box pressed belicoso vitola.

“We decided to take this project back to my homeland the Dominican Republic and work with La Aurora, one of the oldest cigar factories in the country,” de Frias noted. After meeting with Guillermo León and Manuel Inoa last year and discussing interest in using some of the factory’s tobaccos, “they opened their doors to their tobacco and manufacturing facility giving me free rein to explore and blend with their amazing inventory,” he added.

Image provided by Fratello Cigars.

Davidoff is the official sponsor of halfwheel's coverage of the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.
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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.

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