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The Micallef Red is offered in the same two vitolas—with the same prices—as the company’s Black and Blue lines. At least one retailer has already started selling the cigar and launch events are scheduled to take place for the next month.

While the company has thus far declined to disclose many specifics on the blend of the 5 x 52 limited edition, Illusione has said that the cigar uses a type of tobacco that hasn’t recently been grown in Nicaragua. In addition, the company noted that the tobacco had been “Primed and bale aged” for three years.

The Halloween-themed cigar is a spin-off of Alec Bradley’s Filthy Hooligan and Filthy Hooligan Shamrock, which are limited edition cigars released annually to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. However, unlike those two blends, the Black Market Filthy Ghooligan does not include candela tobacco as part of its barber pole wrapper design.

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Unlike the original version that debuted in 2014, the newest incarnation of the La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse is a regular production release and includes four different vitolas. One thing remains the same: it is made at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.

Despite the fact that it only weighs 20.68 grams, this cutter includes three different sizes of blades as well as a built-in cigar stand.

The 14-count sampler includes all of the existing Monster Series releases in a new vitola as well as the second release of the Creature that debuted in 2021. Each Monster Smash sampler has an MSRP of $175, with 13,000 samplers being made by My Father Cigars S.A. in Nicaragua.

The second vitola—and third release—in E.P. Carrillo’s limited Pledge of Allegiance line is a 6 3/4 x 64 salomon. It was limited to kist 248 boxes, which references the number of years since the founding of the United States.

Like the less intricate T135 released last year, the T100 is a single guillotine cigar cutter made of surgical-grade stainless steel and assembled in Thiers, France. The main difference between the two models is size: the new T100 can cut cigars up to 64 ring gauge, whereas the larger T135 can cut cigars up to 90 ring gauge.

The name of the Santiago Valladares line was chosen by Oscar Valladares as a way to honor his son. The brand debuted as a European market exclusive with three vitolas last year.

One of three blends that were created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of My Father’s Don Pepín García brand, this cigar is made with an a Nicaraguan corojo 99 wrapper over a binder and filler blend from Nicaragua. A total of 100 cigars split evenly between this release and the Don Pepín García 20th Anniversary Limited Edition Humidor Connecticut are being sold in a special humidor made by Elie Bleu, the French humidor maker.