Falto Plans Three New Cigars for IPCPR 2016

Luis Falto will be introducing three new cigars at next month’s trade show.

The Falto Yagüez is a new line for the company. It will be offered in the Arawaco size, a 5 x 54 figurado. The blend uses an Ecuadorian corojo shade-grown wrapper, Brazilian sumatra binder and filler tobaccos from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Pricing is set at $12.

El Prócer is another new blend. It’s being offered in the Historias size, a 6 x 48 parejo. It uses a Dominican habana 2000 wrapper, Cameroon binder and Dominican filler. It will be priced at $11 per cigar.

Finally, the Ballibo Edición Especial is getting a new size in the form of the Abuelos vitola. It measures 5 1/4 x 43, slightly smaller than the original Galleros size for the line which measured 5 3/4 x 41. Ballibo Edición Especial uses a Nicaraguan wrapper, Indonesian Sumatra binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. it is priced at $11 per cigar.

The 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show begins July 25 in Las Vegas.

(Images via Falto Cigars)

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.