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More than five years after its initial review full of lots of praise, it’s time to revisit the Gran Habano Blue in Green Gran Robusto. Yes, it looks like Johnnie Walker Blue.

This is the fourth vitola in the Cosecha 149 line, which was made with the company’s 149th crop of tobacco. When the line debuted in 2021, it was Plasencia’s first Honduran puro released under its company name.

Tatiana’s releases have generally been flavored and on the smaller side of the vitola spectrum. With Delights, the company goes into bigger sizes that aren’t flavored, but keep a sweetened cap.

The Villiger 1888 Nicaragua was one of the first new blends from the Villiger de Nicaragua factory that opened in late 2021. This 6 x 60 is one of three new vitolas for 2024.

The newest vitola in General Cigar Co.’s Riviera line also happens to be the first lancero in the non-Cuban Cohiba brand’s history. However, the blend remains the same as the previous three vitolas in the line, including the wrapper grown in Mexico’s San Andrés region.

Named for a 19th-century pharmacy and hotel in Nashville, Blood Medicine became available outside of Crowned Heads retail events this year. It also gets a new blend and new size for 2024.

The La Flor Dominicana TAA The Golden Salomon Maduro was released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tobacconists’ Association of America. The 7 x 64 Salomon vitola was sold in both maduro and natural wrappers, but La Flor Dominicana has declined to give any other specifics about the blend.

The new limited edition is made up of an Ecuadorian Connecticut desflorado wrapper covering an Ecuadorian habano binder and filler tobaccos grown in Nicaragua. In Japanese culture, paper cranes symbolize hope, love and healing.

Released for Father’s Day, this is General Cigar Co.’s follow-up to last year’s Dad Bod, which was packaged in a four-pack of cans made to look like beer. This year’s release is packaged in 10-count boxes that are designed to look like a two-cassette VHS release, complete with sleeve.

The line is named for the glory days of cigars, which Abdel Fernandez cites as Cuban cigars before Castro took power. But for its newest expression, a

There once was a roller at the De Los Reyes factory named Juan. He was the only one capable of rolling this particular petit perfecto vitola.