During last year’s 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show, GTO Cigars debuted a new size of its GTO 33 Oaks Connecticut line, the 6 1/2 x 54 Toro Esplendido. At next week’s 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show, the company is adding that same size to the 33 Oaks Corojo and Maduro lines.

Both cigars will have an MSRP of $11.99 per cigar and come in boxes of 24 cigars. Blend-wise, the corojo uses a corojo-seed wrapper from undisclosed origins, while the Maduro uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper. Both cigars use binder and filler tobaccos are from the company’s farm in the Dominican Republic.

GTO says tobacco used for the 33 Oaks line has been aged for a total of 12 years, two of which happen in spent bourbon barrels, which—by law—must be made of American white oak.

The company says the two new releases will begin shipping to stores on April 1.

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halfwheel's coverage of the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show is sponsored by Drew Estate.
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