There will be two new VegaFinas shipping to international markets in the coming months.

One is the VegaFina Robusto Extra PigTail Añejado 7 Años, which will ship in May. The other is the VegaFina Fortaleza 2 Stalk Cut, which will begin shipping next month.

VegaFina Fortaleza 2 Stalk Cut cigar

It’s a 6 x 54 toro that uses an undisclosed maduro wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Dominican piloto ligero and Nicaraguan viso fillers. As the name implies, some of the tobacco used is stalk-cut, a process where the entire tobacco plant is removed from the ground and then aged. Most tobacco plants see their leaves picked individually and then aged. Stalk cutting is designed to produce richer leaves.

Altadis U.S.A., which sells VegaFina in the U.S., has used stalk cutting as part of a cigar’s identity before, notably with the Henry Clay Stalk Cut. However, the VegaFina Fortaleza 2 Stalk Cut will not be sold in the U.S.

Pricing in Spain will be €6 and production is limited to 1,860 boxes of 25 worldwide.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.