Two years ago, General Cigar Co. discontinued 263 SKUs out of its extensive portfolio, this year it will be 48 items are on the chopping block.

The deletions are largely trimming of certain sizes and samplers, though two blends appear to be gone completely: the Charlie Toraño Captiva and W&D by Don Tomas Honduran bundles. While the Honduran blend of the W&D is going away, there’s no deletions for the Dominican version.

The full list is as follows:

  • Lord Beaconsfield Lindas Maduro (6 1/2 x 36)
  • Villa de Cuba Coronas Grade Maduro (7 1/4 x 45)
  • Villa de Cuba Coronas Grade Natural (7 1/4 x 45)
  • Villazon Deluxe Cetros Maduro (7 3/16 x 44)
  • Villazon Deluxe Commodores (6 x 42)
  • Villazon Deluxe Aromatic Panetelas Natural (5 3/4 x 34)
  • Topstone Connecticut Broadleaf Extra Oscuro (5 1/2 x 46)
  • Topstone Connecticut Broadleaf Oscuro (5 1/2 x 46)
  • Honduran Bundles #63 EMS (7 1/4 x 46)
  • Honduran Bundles #63 MAD (7 1/4 x 46)
  • Don Sixto by Plasencia Robusto (4 1/4 x 50)
  • Vega Malanga Azul Belicoso (6 x 54)
  • W&D Honduran Bundles Cetro (6 1/2 x 44)
  • W&D Honduran Bundles Presidente (7 1/2 x 50)
  • W&D Honduran Bundles Robusto (5 x 50)
  • W&D Honduran Bundles Cetro (6 1/2 x 44)[ref]The W&D Honduran Bundles Cetro is listed twice without any differentiation other than that the SKU numbers are different.[/ref]
  • Don Rex Toro (6 x 52)
  • CAO OSA Sol Lot 46 (5 1/4 x 46)
  • CAO OSA Sol Lot T (4 1/2 x 50)
  • CAO Flavours Solfyre Petit Corona (4 x 40)
  • CAO Flavours Island Lite Corona (5 1/4 x 42)
  • Cafe Creme CC 5’S Cigarillos
  • Cafe Creme CC 5’S
  • Cafe Creme CC Blue 5’S
  • Cafe Creme CC Arome 5’S
  • Cafe Creme CC 10’S
  • Cafe Creme CC Blue 10’S
  • Cafe Creme CC Arome 10’S
  • Nobel Petit Dominican
  • Toraño Exodus 1959 50 Years Short Crystal (6 x 48)
  • Toraño Exodus 1959 Gold Perfecto (5 3/4 x 50)
  • Toraño Exodus 1959 Gold Tubo (6 1/2 x 46)
  • Charlie Toraño Captiva Robusto (5 x 52)
  • Charlie Toraño Captiva Toro (6 x 50)
  • Charlie Toraño Captiva Churchill (7 x 47)
  • Charlie Toraño Captiva BFC (6 x 60)
  • Casa Toraño Naturao Tubo (6 1/2 x 46)
  • Master by Charlie Toraño Colossal (7 x 70)
  • Master Maduro by Charlie Toraño Toro Gordo (5 1/2 x 54)
  • Toraño Reserva Selecta BFC (6 x 60)
  • Toraño Reserva Decadencia Petit Corona (5 x 40)
  • Toraño Cameroon BFC (6 x 60)
  • Toraño BFC Collection Sampler
  • Casa Toraño Corona Sampler
  • Casa Toraño Toro Sampler
  • Toraño Silver Robusto Corto Sampler
  • Toraño 90+ Rated Sampler
  • Toraño Variety Pack Sampler
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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.