Dapper Cigar Co. Debuting El Borracho Maduro at IPCPR 2018
Dapper Cigar Co.’s El Borracho line is getting a maduro version, and it will debut at the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which runs from July 13 – 17 in Las Vegas, Nev.
The cigar uses the original El Borracho’s blend as a base, but the company says it has increased the cigar’s strength by way of more Nicaraguan ligero being added to the filler and a switch to a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper.
The new line’s blend uses a wrapper grown by the Lancaster Leaf Co., while the Nicaraguan habano roasdo binder comes from Oliva Tobacco Co.’s Cofradia farm in Jalapa, Nicaragua. For the filler, the company is using a trio of Nicaraguan tobaccos grown by the Oliva Tobacco Co., with tobaccos coming from the company’s La Joya farm in Estelí, the Cofradia farm in Jalapa, and the gk Relleno farm in Condega.
The El Borracho Maduro is being offered in three box-pressed sizes:
- El Borracho Maduro Robusto (5 x 50) — $9.74 (Boxes of 16, $155.84)
- El Borracho Maduro Edmundo (5 1/2 x 52) — $10.80 (Boxes of 16, $172.80)
- El Borracho Maduro Toro (6 x 54) — $12.16 (Boxes of 16, $194.56)
The cigars are produced at Nicaragua American Cigars, S.A. (NACSA) in Estelí, Nicaragua under the supervision of production manager Raul Disla.
The line’s Edmundo vitola is slated to begin shipping in late August or early September by way of a 16-count Talavera style, hand-painted ceramic humidor priced at $198.80. Only twenty humidors will be offered, each hand-made in Fresno, Calif. by ceramic artist Hannah Desch. Each humidor will be uniquely hand painted by artist and cigar aficionado Héctor René Hinojosa of H.R.H. Artistic Marketing in the traditional Talavera style of Mexico.
All three sizes in the line will be offered in dress boxes begin shipping approximately two months later, in late November or early December. Each package will include a 10g Boveda humidification pack at 69 percent relative humidity to ensure proper humidification during transit and storage.
The El Borracho Maduro joins the Cubo Sumatra and Siempre Sun Grown as Dapper’s new releases slated for this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.
Images courtesy of Dapper Cigar Co.
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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