At this year’s IPCPR convention and trade show, Córdoba & Morales will offer a limited version of the company’s Clave Cubana line, Etiqueta Blanca. The three-size line uses a five-year-old Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan tobacco with a binder from Jalapa and fillers from Estelí (ligero), Jalapa (seco) and Ometepe (viso).

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“We’ve wanted to work with the aged San Andrés Maduro wrapper since we opened our company, however, it’s in short supply,” said Mustafa Cordoba in a press release.  “As soon as we got our hands on it, we painstakingly created the perfect blend of tobaccos to complement and honor this much-sought after wrapper, which we’ve accomplished with the Etiqueta Blanca.” 

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There will be 1,000 total 20-count boxes split up between the Robusto Extra (5 1/2 x 52, $9.80), Toro (6 x 54, $10.50) and Toro Grande (6 x 60, $11.20).

The Clave Cubana Etiqueta Blanca is made at American Caribbean Tobacco S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua. It is expected to ship on Aug. 1 after its debut in Las Vegas later this month.

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