HVC Black Friday 2023 Released (Update)

For the 10th edition of its Black Friday series of limited edition cigars, HVC Cigars is releasing its thickest Black Friday cigar to date.

The HVC Black Friday 2023 is a 4 1/2 x 56 petit gordo that uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua. The company says those Nicaraguan tobaccos are visos and secos—meaning the tobaccos come from the lower two-thirds of a plant—from Jalapa.

Each cigar will have an MSRP of $9.80 per cigar and production is limited to 600 boxes of 50 cigars.

Update (Oct. 25, 2023) — The HVC Black Friday 2023 began shipping to stores on Monday, Oct. 23.

While only the ninth year of Black Friday releases, this is the 10th release in the series:

• HVC Black Friday 2015 (6 1/2 x 48) — 100 Boxes of 50 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars) — $5.40 (Boxes of 50, $270)
• HVC Black Friday 2016 (6 3/4 x 48) — 100 Boxes of 50 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars) — $5.90 (Boxes of 50, $295)
• HVC Black Friday 2017 (4 x 48) — 100 Boxes of 50 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars) — $4.60 (Boxes of 50, $230)
• HVC Black Friday 2018 (5 x 50) — 150 Boxes of 50 Cigars (7,500 Total Cigars) — $7.40 (Boxes of 50, $370)
• HVC Black Friday 2019 (4 1/2 x 52) — 400 Boxes of 50 Cigars (20,000 Total Cigars) — $6.50 (Box of 50, $130)
• HVC Black Friday Firecracker (3 1/2 x 50) — 500 Boxes of 20 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars) — $7.50 (Box of 20, $150)
• HVC Black Friday 2020 (5 5/8 x 46) — 500 Boxes of 50 Cigars (25,000 Total Cigars) — $7.50 (Box of 50, $375)
• HVC Black Friday 2021 (4 3/8 x 54) — 600 Boxes of 50 Cigars (30,000 Total Cigars) — $8.50 (Box of 50, $475)
• HVC Black Friday 2022 (5 1/2 x 50) — 600 Boxes of 50 Cigars (30,000 Total Cigars) — $8.50 (Box of 50, $475)
• HVC Black Friday 2023 (4 1/2 x 56) — 600 Boxes of 50 Cigars (30,000 Total Cigars) — $9.80 (Box of 50, $490)

Black Friday is created for the American shopping holiday that takes place the day after Thanksgiving; this year’s Black Friday will take place on Nov. 24. As such, the company will ship the cigars to stores later this month so that they are on shelves ahead of the holiday.

The HVC Black Friday 2023 is made at the company’s factory in Nicaragua, Fábrica de Tabacos HVC S.A. de Reinier Lorenzo.

This post was originally published on Oct. 9, 2023.