HVC La Rosa 520 Short Robusto Heads to R. Field Wine Co.

There’s a special delivery for Hawaii.

HVC Cigars will send the La Rosa 520 Short Robusto to R. Field Wine Co. of Honolulu. The 4 1/2 x 52 size will debut on April 6 with HVC’s Reinier Lorenzo on hand for an event.

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“Like every other size of La Rosa 520, I put my heart and soul into this project,” said Lorenzo to halfwheel. “It was done with a great deal of enthusiasm since I’m very passionate about this specific cigar. Marvin (Chang of) R. Field Wine Co. and I had the first conversation about this special project over a year ago.”

The La Rosa blend debuted in 2015. It’s a Nicaraguan puro with a corojo 99 wrapper from Jalapa. This will be the fourth different vitola for the line.

Suggested retail price will be $10, though due to Hawaii’s 50 percent tax on cigars, in-state pricing will be much higher. Production is limited to 100 boxes of 10 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.