IPCPR 2018: La Aurora

La Aurora’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show releases are high-priced and highly age. The company showed off two blends—one entirely from tobacco from 2006 and the other from tobacco just from the 2007 crop—and the cheapest item is $20.

Once again, La Aurora is located in the booth of its U.S. distributor, Miami Cigar & Co. This is one of the few booths that basically has not changed since I started coming to the trade show, though they have opened up space by taking out offices.

La Aurora Hors d’Age

Translating to “beyond time,” the idea behind Hors d’Age is old tobacco. In this case, the tobacco is all from 2006.

• Wrapper: Ecuador
• Binder: Ecuador
• Filler: Colombia, Dominican Republic & Nicaragua

• La Aurora Hors d’Age (6 x 54) — $20 (Boxes of 15, $300)

Production: 500 Boxes of 15 Cigars (7,500 Total Cigars)

Launch Date: September 2018

La Aurora Hors d’Age Humidor

La Aurora brought a massive humidor containing 146 cigars. The humidor is made from sold wengue wood with a Spanish olive root lid. It contains a Cigar Spa humidification unit. More importantly, there are five exclusive sizes including the comically large Stravaganza. I am told these sold extremely well.

Pricing is $5,000.

• 34 – La Aurora Hors d’Age Salomon (6 1/2 x 50/60)
• 34 – La Aurora Hors d’Age Belicoso (6 1/4 x 52)
• 2 – La Aurora Hors d’Age Stravaganza (20 x 80)
• 38 – La Aurora Hors d’Age Toro 1 (5 3/4 x 54)
• 38 – La Aurora Hors d’Age Toro 2 (5 1/4 x 54)

Launch Date: September 2018

La Aurora Puro Vintage 2007

The latest in La Aurora’s Puro Vintage series, as the name implies, the cigar is made entirely of tobacco from 2007.

• Wrapper: Dominican Republic
• Binder: Ecuador
• Filler: Brazil, Dominican Republic & Nicaragua

• La Aurora Puro Vintage 2007 (6 1/2 x 50) — $22 (Boxes of 10, $220)

Production: 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars)

Launch Date: July 2018

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.