CLE Ships Eiroa Jamastran

The Eiroa Jamastran is off to stores.

Christian Eiroa of CLE Cigar Co. announced that his company would begin shipping its latest line, a two-size brand named after the area of Honduras where his family has been growing tobaccos for over 50 years. As such, it should come as no surprise that the line is a Honduran puro.

• Eiroa Jamastran Robusto (5 x 50) — $15.50 (Box of 18, $279)
• Eiroa Jamstran 11/18 (6 1/4 x 52/60) — $16.50 (Box of 18, $297)

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The Jamastran Robusto will be offered to all accounts while the 11/18 figurado size will only be offered to retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA).

The TAA is a fairly small group of some of the country’s top tobacconists, about 80 retailers as well as 40 or so manufacturers. The association gathers annually to discuss issues facing the industry and retailers, as well as to have its annual trade show, a unique event that works on a group buying format in order to secure exclusive deals for these generally high-volume merchants.

This year 12 companies released new exclusives for TAA stores: A.J. Fernández, CLE, Crowned Heads, E.P. Carrillo, General Cigar Co., J.C. Newman, Joya de Nicaragua, La Flor Dominicana, La Palina, My Father, Nat Sherman and Tatuaje.

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.