E.P. Carrillo’s Encore Line Adding Robusto
E.P. Carrillo’s Perez-Carrillo Encore line is adding a 5 x 50 robusto vitola called El Futuro that is slated to begin shipping to retailers this week.
Announcing the new size via Cigar Aficionado, the robusto will measure 5 inches long and have a 50 ring gauge, and will come with an MSRP of $11.90 per cigar. The company is limiting the initial release to 1,000 boxes of 10 cigars, but said that production will increase over the summer as it plans to take more orders for it at the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show in July.
The Encore line debuted in 2018 and is a Nicaraguan puro that is made at the company’s Tabacalera La Alianza factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic. El Futuro becomes the fifth regular production size in the line, which has also had two limited editions:
- Perez-Carrillo Encore Majestic (5 3/8 x 52) — March 2018 — Regular Production
- Perez-Carrillo Encore Valientes (6 1/8 x 52) — March 2018 — Regular Production
- Perez-Carrillo Encore Celestial (6 1/8 x 50) — March 2018 — Regular Production
- Perez-Carrillo Encore El Primero (6 7/8 x 54) — March 2018 — Regular Production
- Perez-Carrillo Encore 10th Anniversary (6 1/2 x 56) — November 2019 — 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars)
- Perez-Carrillo Encore 656 (6 x 56) — September 2020 — 750 Boxes of 10 Cigars (7,500 Total Cigars)
- Perez-Carrillo Encore El Futuro (5 x 50) — April 2022 — Regular Production*
*Not pictured
Lissette Perez-Carrillo confirmed the accuracy of the report.
Update — The company confirmed the details of the report to halfwheel, and the story has been updated accordingly.
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