E.P. Carrillo Enlisting Oliva, Other Factories for New Allegiance Line
Since its inception, E.P. Carrillo’s cigars have been closely associated with Tabacalera La Alianza S.A., the company’s factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic, where they are produced. But for its newest line, Allegiance, the company is turning to other factories, starting with Oliva Cigar Co. in Estelí, Nicaragua.
The company announced the new line via Cigar Aficionado and Lissette Perez-Carrillo of E.P. Carrillo confirmed that the first release will feature an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and filler. It will be available in four sizes: a robusto, toro, double corona and No. 58. While specific vitola details and pricing were not included in the article, it states that individual cigars will be priced between $12 and $14.
Production is reportedly being limited to an initial run of 7,500 boxes of 20 cigars, with 5,000 of those destined for U.S. retailers and the remaining 2,500 heading international. However, the company indicated in the article that more could be produced.
The company also indicated that it hopes to work with other factories to produce future iterations of the Allegiance line, though acknowledged things are still in the developmental stage.
The E.P. Carrillo Allegiance line is scheduled to debut at the upcoming PCA Convention & Trade Show, which runs from July 8-12 in Las Vegas.
Update: E.P. Carrillo has confirmed the details above. It has also provided an image of the box and cigars, though they are not wearing the final bands as those are still in production.
Patrick Lagreid
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