Fonseca 150 Heads to Texas
Fonseca’s biggest cigar is headed to Texas. The Fonseca 150 measures a whopping 9 x 60 making it the largest in the SAG Imports-distributed brand’s history. Only 500 boxes of 10 are being made with pricing set at $8.95 per cigar or $89.50 per box and the company expects it to begin arriving in the Lone Star State later this month.
A Nicaraguan Criollo 98 wrapper sits on top a Dominican Criollo 98 binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. While the size is the largest current for the Dominican-based MATASA factory, big cigars are nothing new. The old factory made a variety of large cigars including the Half Jeroboam, the cigar Robert De Niro made famous in Cape Fear.
Update (June 18, 2013): SAG Imports confirmed to halfwheel the cigars will begin shipping to retailers June 24, 2013.
(Images via SAG Imports)
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.
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