IPCPR 2017: Fratello

While the Fratello booth is the same as last year’s, there was one major change in the company; owner Omar de Frias left his job at NASA after 12 years to focus on his cigar brand.There is also one new brand in four vitolas, all of which are named after historic space shuttles and produced at the Joya de Nicaragua factory in Nicaragua.Fratello Navetta

The new brand is named Navetta — Italian for shuttle — and features a blend made up of an Ecuadorian oscuro wrapper covering a Dominican binder as well as filler tobaccos from Nicaragua.

• Wrapper: Ecuadorian oscuro
• Binder: Dominican Republic
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Fratello Navetta Discovery (5 x 50) — $10.50 (Boxes of 20, $210)
• Fratello Navetta Endeavor (6 1/4 x 54) — $11.25 (Boxes of 20, $225)
• Fratello Navetta Enterprise (6 x 60) — $12 (Boxes of 20, $240)
• Fratello Navetta Atlantis (6 1/4 x 52) — $12.50 (Boxes of 20, $250)

Ship Date: September 2017