Artesano Del Tobacco Adding Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary at PCA 2024

Artesano Del Tobacco is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its Viva La Vida brand by releasing a duo of new cigars.

The appropriately named Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary is made with a habano-seed maduro wrapper grown in Connecticut covering Nicaraguan tobacco in the binder and filler. The company says the internal blend is the same as the original Viva La Vida line, the latter of which is made with a habano oscuro wrapper.

There will be two different vitolas in the regular production line at launch, both of which are being made at the Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. factory:

• Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary Jester Flat Round Belicoso (5 1/2 x 56) — $19 (Box of 10, $190)
• Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary Club 500 Sabroso Box-Pressed (5 1/4 x 56) — $18 (Box of 10, $180)

“It has been 5 years since we launched The Viva La Vida Cigars and to celebrate it, we asked Abdel Fernandez to help us create a unique blend that celebrates the success of Viva La Vida line,” reads a press release. “Abdel was able to find a beautiful aged dark, oily Habano Connecticut Maduro wrapper that was grown here in the USA, and for that we chose our most famous selling 2 sizes of the Viva La Vida line…”

The Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary will begin shipping to stores next week.