The fifth installment in Espinosa Premium Cigars’ Las 6 Provincias line, ZDT, which honors the province of Pinar del Río on the western end of the island, has begun arriving at retailers.
The acronym in the cigar’s name stands for Zona de Tabaco, a reference to Pinar de Río being the province where premium cigar tobacco is grown in Cuba. The blend, however is all-Nicaraguan, featuring a corojo wrapper atop a Nicaraguan binder and fillers, which gets presented in a 6 1/2 x 48 short Churchill vitola. The cigars are being produced at the San Lotano Factory in Ocotal, Nicaragua.
As with other Las 6 Provinicias releases, the packaging is more dressed-up than a traditional cigar box, as the cigars come in a ceramic jar that features artwork by Edin Gutierrez, who created artistic renderings of the cigar-making process.
“This is really a passion project for me, my son, and the team; we have been creative with this project since the beginning,” said Erik Espinosa in a press release. “This year’s project is simply beautiful.”
Espinosa Premium Cigars launched the Las 6 Provincias line in 2018 as a way to pay tribute to the original six provinces of Cuba through art and cigars. Thus far, the provinces of La Habana, Matanzas, Las Villas and Camagüey have been honored, seemingly making Oriente, on the eastern end of the island, the sixth installment in the line.
Note: The following shows the various Espinosa Las 6 Provincias vitolas. Some of these cigars may have been released after this post was originally published. The list was last updated on March 29, 2024.
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The Las 6 Provincias ZDT is priced at $18 per cigar and $360 for the 20-count ceramic jar, with production numbers seemingly fluid as Hector J. Alfonso, director of operations for Espinosa Premium Cigars, told halfwheel that the company hadn’t set a number when they were announced.
The cigars were part of the company’s new releases at the 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show this past July.
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