July 25, 2016 Brooks Whittington IPCPR 2016,  Main

IPCPR 2016: Dominion Cigars

Dominion Booth IPCPR 2016

Dominion Cigar is new to the U.S. market, but not new to the cigar industry. The Coquitlam, British Columbia-based cigar company is launching two new brands in the U.S., both of which are expected to ship in early 2017.

Dominion Black Lotus Maduro

Dominion Black Lotus Maduro IPCPR 2016

The Dominion Black Lotus Maduro is a new blend that is based on the company’s Black Lotus release, but using a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper along with a Nicaraguan habano maduro binder and filler tobacco from both Nicaragua and Honduras. It will launch in only vitola — a 6 x 52 toro — and will have an MSRP of $9.50 each packaged in boxes of 20.

  • Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés maduro
    Binder: Nicaraguan habano maduro
    Filler: Nicaragua and Honduras
  • Black Lotus Maduro (6 x 52) — $9.50 (B0x of 20, $190)

Launch Date: July 2016

Production: Regular Production

Dominion Classic

Dominion Classic IPCPR 2016

The Dominion Classic is also a new blend that is debuting in two different vitolas — Robusto (5 x 52) and Toro (6 x 50) that is being produced at E.P. Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza S.A. factory. The blend is made up of an Ecuadorian sumatra wrapper, a Nicaraguan jalapa binder and filler tobaccos from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Prices have not been set as of yet, and the cigar is expected to ship in September.

  • Wrapper: Ecuadorian sumatra
    Binder: Nicaraguan jalapa
    Filler: Dominican Republic and Nicaragua
  • Dominion Classic Robusto (5 x 52)
  • Dominion Classic Toro (6 x 50)

Launch Date: September 2016

Production: Regular Production

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

I have been smoking cigars for over eight years. A documentary wedding photographer by trade, I spent seven years as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I started the cigar blog SmokingStogie in 2008 after realizing that there was a need for a cigar blog with better photographs and more in-depth information about each release. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars. I am a co-founder of halfwheel and now serve as an editor for halfwheel.

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