E.P. Carrillo To Add La Historia This Summer

E.P. Carrillo has begun putting out teasers for its new project, La Historia, which is scheduled to debut sometime this summer.

A picture of the new cigar was posted to the company’s Twitter account on March 20 by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Jr. himself, who noted in the Tweet that the cigar uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper.

Prototype La Historia by EP Carrillo coming in August Mexican San Andres wrapper pic.twitter.com/OpkuhcRT2D

— E. Perez-Carrillo (@EPCarrillo) March 21, 2014

If the cigar does in fact debut in August, it would follow closely on the heels of the new Perez-Carrillo line, which has been changed from a May or June launch to sometime between June and July. Bob Moreno, the company’s vice-president of sales, said that the blend is still aging but is close to the final product. There are four sizes scheduled to be included in the line’s launch, though Moreno didn’t indicate what they are.

If the releases stay on schedule, it would give the company a pair of prominent new products to feature at the 2014 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, being held July 19-23 in Las Vegas.

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