E.P. Carrillo’s Pledge of Allegiance Getting Second Release in Early June
E.P. Carrillo has announced that in early June, it will be releasing the second installment of its Perez-Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance, a limited edition that celebrates the birthday of the United States as well as the opportunities that the country has given to Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. and countless others.
The cigar returns with the same details as its debut, meaning a 6 x 54 box-pressed toro that uses a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, an Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut-seed binder, and fillers from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The blend is notable for being the first time that Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr., the company’s founder and blender, used two American-grown tobaccos as part of the filler in one of his blends.
Production is limited to 1,776 individually numbered boxes of 10 cigars, with pricing set at $22 per cigar and $220 per box. The cigars are made at the company’s Casa Carrillo factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic.
“The Pledge of Allegiance 2024 is not just a cigar,” said Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. in a press release. “It’s a representation of the American Dream that I had the privilege to live. This special blend has been crafted with a vision—to create a smoke that honors the journey every American, whether born in the USA or an immigrant, has taken or is still on. Last year’s reception to the release inspired me to relaunch a 2024 edition. So many people reached out and wrote to me to share their own stories about America—this is what Pledge of Allegiance 2024 stands for.”
Earlier this month, the company teased the addition of a Pledge of Allegiance Salomon, which it said would be released in addition to the toro, but in a much more limited fashion. In an Instagram post, the company said that just 248 boxes were being produced, a number that would tie into the number of years since the birth of the United States. However, nothing official has been announced about the cigar as of yet.
Beyond the patriotic tie-in, the cigar combines the names of two existing E.P. Carrillo lines of cigars: Pledge and Allegiance. Selim Hanono, the former chief operating officer of E.P. Carrillo, is credited with the idea for the name.
Perez-Carrillo emigrated to the United States from Cuba in 1959, flying to his new home by himself just before he turned 8-years-old.
Update: Shortly after this story was published, a press release and images of the cigars were provided.
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