Jake Wyatt Cigar Co. Debuting New Icarus Line at TPE 2024
At this week’s Total Product Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas, Jake Wyatt Cigar Co. will be unveiling its newest line, Icarus.
The cigar uses a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper, a Dominican olor binder, with a mix of fillers that includes Tennessee fire-cured tobacco, along with Dominican criollo 98 and piloto cubano, and finished off with Pennsylvania broadleaf. The company says that the profile is full-flavored and medium-full in strength, highlighted by nuances of coffee, leather, cedar, and molasses add depth, while a subtle mesquite touch rounds out the sensory experience.
The Icarus is debuting in a single 6 x 54 toro gordo vitola, and is offered in five-count packs priced at $59.99, which works out to about $12 per cigar. It is producd at Casamorabo Tabacalera S.R.L. in Santiago, Dominican Republic.
The cigar gets its name from the character in Greek mythology who attempted to use wings made out of wax to soar to the heavens, only to have the sun’s heat melt the wings and send him into the Aegean Sea. “Icarus, like tobacco leaves kissed by Tennessee fire, soared too close to the sun. Ambition met flames, a cautionary tale in every ember,” the company wrote in a press release.
While the company has used this model to release new cigars ahead of a wider release of vitolas, the company says it does have plans to do that with Icarus but has not yet set a date as to when additional sizes will be added.
The Icarus is scheduled to begin shipping to retailers immediately following TPE 2024, which runs from Jan. 31 – Feb. 2.
Images courtesy of Jake Wyatt Cigar Co.
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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