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The Room101ification of Los Statos Deluxe entered its fourth chapter earlier this year with the Los Statos Deluxe Connecticut. It’s made at Joya de Nicaragua with a fairly unique filler blend for a Connecticut shade cigar.

This year mark a significant anniversary for Quesada Cigars: the company celebrated 50 years in the cigar business. As would be expected, the Dominican cigar manufacturer released a limited edition cigar line to commemorate the occasion.

Yes, it comes wrapped in gold foil. No, it doesn’t cost $100, or even $15.

In October of 2018, Tatuaje unveiled a new collection of limited, Miami-made Tatuaje cigars called Escasos. The following spring, the Selección de Cazador line—commonly referred to as the Brown Label—would get the Escasos treatment, getting a new wrapper and being rolled in South Florida.

Collaboration releases between General Cigar Co. and the El Titan de Bronze factory in Miami are nothing new, but this line is owned by the factory. The new blend is made with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper covering filler tobaccos from Nicaragua: the binder is grown in the Estelí region while the filler includes tobacco from the Estelí and Jalapa regions.

It took the Artesano del Tobacco team five years to develop the line, premiering it in 2023. A year later, the brand has given the line its fourth size, one quite a bit smaller than the first three in which it debuted.

Sinistro’s highest-end offering made its third appearance at the end of 2023. It’s a blend built around a decade-old wrapper leaf that undergoes a unique fermentation process.

The Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Edición Doble Diamante is priced at $150 per cigar. No, we don’t factor price into scores.

The newest release in Drew Estate’s Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo line is the largest yet, a 6 x 60 gordo with a price tag of $21.14 each. It is only being sold at Drew Diplomat Program retail partner events, and each of those retailers are limited to just three boxes per event, or 75 total cigars.

Not only was Mike Tyson one of boxing’s greatest fighters, but he crossed over to become an icon of pop culture. This summer, his legend grew a bit more with a new cigar line.

Illusione is once again embracing the idea of secrecy and mystery for its newest line, the Group of Five. As the band says, whispering tongues are treachery.