Emilio Grimalkin Seasonal Edition Returns for 2023

The Emilio Grimalkin Seasonal Edition is back.

This week, Oveja Negra Brands—which distributes, produces and markets the Emilio brand—will begin shipping the Emilio Grimalkin Seasonal Limited Edition 2023, a 5 x 50 robusto that uses a barber pole wrapper design of Ecuadorian maduro and corojo leaves over a Nicaraguan habano binder and Nicaraguan fillers.

Barber pole wrappers refer to a process by which two wrappers, typically of different colors, are rolled together at a slight angle to produce an alternating design that looks like the stripes of a barber’s pole.

This appears to be the third release of the Emilio Grimalkin Seasonal Edition, the most recent of which took place in 2019.

“To celebrate one of my favorite times of year, Grimalkin seasonal is back,” said James Brown of Black Label Trading Co/Fábrica Oveja Negra, in a press release. “We changed things up a bit this time around. The blend of filler tobacco has stayed the same, but we did a dual wrapper, closed foot and a rabito cap. The Grimalkin has rich, intense flavors of dark fruit, herbal cedar notes and mild baking spice on the layered, complex finish.”

The MSRP is set at $11 per cigar and it comes in boxes of 25 cigars. Production numbers have not been announced.

L.J. Zucca owns Emilio, but James and Angela Brown of Black Label/Oveja Negra handle the blending, branding and distribution of the brand.