At the 2022 Tobacco Plus Expo this week, Dapper Cigar Co. unveiled a new regular production line for its portfolio, the Cubata Cru.

The blend uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade grown wrapper with a sweetened cap, Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. It is produced at Nicaragua American Cigars S.A. in Estelí and is being offered in four sizes:

  • Cubata Cru Blimey (4 1/2 x 40) — $6.98 (Box of 40, $279.04)
  • Cubata Cru Blunderbuss (5 x 54) — $10.35 (Box of 20, $207)
  • Cubata Cru Bucko (6 x 44) — $9.87 (Box of 20, $197.40)
  • Cubata Cru Bumbo (6 1/8 x 52) — $11.16 (Box of 20, $223.22)

The Cubata Cru has already begun shipping to retailers.

This is the second time that Dapper has used the Cubata Cru name; the first time was in 2018 when he unveiled a version that also offered a rum sweetening. The line resulted out of a partnership with Cigars Ltd., a retailer that is based in Fresno, Calif., which is also home to Dapper. The line was originally produced at La Aurora but has since been moved to NACSA.

 

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