Espinosa Habano Lancero Shipping to Retailers

Espinosa Premium Cigars has quietly begun shipping a new lancero vitola for its Habano line to retailers recently.

The new size measures 7 1/2 x 38 and is priced at $10 per cigar. It is being offered in bundles as opposed to boxes for the time being, as the company gauges interest in the new size. It’s the second lancero that the company has added in recent weeks, joining the Laranja Reserva Escuro Lancero that was unveiled at the 2019 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in late June. That cigar is also priced at $10 and uses the 7 1/2 x 38 vitola.

The Espinosa Habano was one of the first two lines—along with the Espinosa Maduro—that Erik Espinosa released back in 2013 after parting ways with Eddie Ortega in 2012 and launching his own company. The original blend was a Nicaraguan puro named for the leaf varietal used for the wrapper, with Nicaraguan habano one of Espinosa’s favorite types of tobacco.  It was available in five sizes when first released:

• Espinosa Habano Corona (5 x 42)
• Espinosa Habano Robusto (5 x 52)
• Espinosa Habano Belicoso (6 1/8 x 52)
• Espinosa Habano Toro (6 x 52)
• Espinosa Habano Trabuco (6 x 60)

In 2015, the line got a full makeover as well as a new wrapper, going to an Ecuadorian-grown habano leaf, while taking the line to three sizes:

• Espinosa Habano No. 4 (5 1/2 x 50)
• Espinosa Habano No. 5 (6 x 52)
• Espinosa Habano No. 8 (6 1/8 x 58)

In 2016, the company added the BP Toro, a box-pressed 6 x 54 vitola, as well as the No. 1 (6 1/2 x 48) and the Churchill BP (6 1/2 x 48), the latter of which is also box-pressed. The No. 1 and Churchill BP have been quite limited in availability, as they were announced prior to FDA restrictions going into place about new cigars being released into the market prior to needing the agency’s approval.

The line is made at the La Zona Cigar Factory in Estelí, Nicaragua.