Warped Goes Nicaragua With Flor Del Valle

The ever-expanding portfolio of Warped Cigars is gaining another brand, Flor Del Valle. It’s the first brand the company has announced that will not be rolled at El Titan de Bronze in Miami, everything about the cigar is Nicaraguan.

It is made at TABSA, the Casa Fernández factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, it uses corojo 99 wrapper from the Jalapa region, corojo 99 and criollo 98 binders and Nicaraguan filler. Kyle Gellis of Warped described it as “medium-full.”

Flor Del Valle will launch at the 2014 IPCPR convention and trade show this month in two sizes: Cristales (6 x 42) and Gran Valle (5 1/2 x 50) with pricing set between $8-10 and both sizes offered in boxes of 25. Gellis has indicated that extensions could come as early as later this year with 5 x 40, 4 1/2 x 48 and 6 1/2 x 52 vitolas being considered.

Warped has already launched the EL OSO line and announced plans for La Colmena to debut at the trade show, as well as accessories. 

Gellis told halfwheel he expects the cigars to begin shipping between August and September.

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.