JM Patriarch Announces Reblend and Repackaging of Core Lines

JM Patriarch, a cigar brand that has gained a following in the southeastern U.S., has announced that it will launch reblended and repackaged versions of its core lines next month alongside a new Connecticut offering.

The company now has a trio of lines, with the new JM Patriarch Connecticut joining the JM Patriarch Habano and JM Patriarch Maduro. All the lines are produced at the MGE Cigars Factory in Estelí, Nicaragua.

The JM Patriarch Connecticut is the mildest of the three, using an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, a corojo binder from Nicaragua’s Estelí region, and Nicaraguan fillers from Condega, Ometepe and Estelí. The company calls it a “smooth, Cuban-style smoke” with a mild-to-medium body.

The JM Patriarch Habano is a medium-bodied smoke that uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, a habano binder of undisclosed origin, while the fillers from Nicaragua’s Condega, Jalapa and Estelí regions, while also adding Dominican piloto and habano leaves. It is described as offering a profile marked by smooth butterscotch and medium malt cream.

The JM Patriarch Maduro runs out the lineup, using a Mexican San Andrés wrapper, a Connecticut broadleaf binder, and fillers from Nicaragua’s Estelí and Jalapa regions. It is billed as being medium to full-bodied, with flavors of mild spices, earthy cream, cocoa, milk chocolate and nuts.

All three cigars will be offered in a single 6 x 52 toro vitola priced at $13.50 per cigar and $135 for a box of 10 cigars. Those boxes feature artwork by the cigar artist Bruhiba, who sought out to create a design that not only pays homage to the brand’s roots but also embraces a more ornate and bold aesthetic that builds upon the brand’s existing foundation.

The company also offers samplers that draw from all three lines.

The revamped JM Patriarch portfolio will make its debut during the Black Smoke Miami event on Feb. 16. The cigars will then be available to ship to retailers in late February.

JM Patriarch was founded by Maurice Mears, who named his company in honor of his great-grandfather, James Maurice Moss, a Bahamian/Cuban descendant of Cat Island, Bahamas, who migrated to Miami in the late 1940s with his wife, Leerlene Moss.

The company’s cigars can currently be found in approximately 24 shops across Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Tennessee, as well as select online retailers and the company’s website.

Image courtesy of JM Patriarch.