August 1, 2016 Brooks Whittington IPCPR 2016

IPCPR 2016: Dictador Cigars

Dictador Cigars Booth

While there were no new blends at this year’s show for Dictador Cigars, the company did announce a pair of new vitolas for two of its lines: J. Nelson 1974 and Pavo Real.

Dictador J.Nelson 1974 Gordo_

J. Nelson 1974 Box Pressed Belicoso & Gordito

There are two new vitolas in the J. Nelson 1974 line, which brings the total number of sizes in the line to four. The blend includes a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper covering Dominican tobacco in the binder and filler and is made to be paired with the company’s rum.

  • Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Maduro
  • Binder: Dominican Republic
  • Filler: Dominican Republic
  • J. Nelson 1974 Box Pressed Belicoso (6 1/2 x 52) — $9.40 (Box of 20, $188)
  • J. Nelson 1974 Gordito (4 1/2 x 58) — $8.20 (Box of 20, $164)

Launch Date: Immediately following the trade show

Production: Regular production

Dictador Pavo Real Box-Press Belicoso

Pavo Real Box Pressed Belicoso & Gordo

In addition to the two new vitolas in the J. Nelson 1974 line, two new sizes debuted in Dictador’s Pavo Real line, which is made to be paired with the company’s gin. There are now four different vitolas, and the blend includes an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, a binder hailing from the Dominican Republic along with Colombian and Dominican tobacco in the filler.

  • Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
  • Binder: Dominican Republic
  • Filler: Colombia & Dominican Republic
  • Pavo Real Box Pressed Belicoso (6 1/2 x 52) — $9 (Box of 20, $180)
  • Pavo Real Gordo (6 x 60) — $9 (Box of 20, $180)

Dictador Pavo Real Gordo

Launch Date: Immediately following the trade show

Production: Regular production

Davidoff is the official sponsor of halfwheel's coverage of the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.
Dictador Cigars Dictador J. Nelson 1974 Box Pressed Belicoso Dictador J. Nelson 1974 Gordito Dictador Pavo Real Box Pressed Belicoso Dictador Pavo Real Gordo
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Brooks Whittington

I have worn many hats in my life up to this point: I started out as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, then transitioned to photographing weddings—both internationally and in the U.S.—for more than a decade. After realizing that there was a need for a cigar website containing better photographs and more in-depth information about each release, I founded my first cigar blog, SmokingStogie, in 2008. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars, and it was one of the predecessors to halfwheel, which I co-founded.

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