JM Tobacco Española Year of the Dragon on the Way to Stores

JM Tobacco’s first Chinese Zodiac-inspired cigar is now shipping to retailers.

The Española Year of the Dragon is a 6 x 52 toro made up of an Ecuadorian corojo habano wrapper covering a Mexican San Andrés maduro binder and a filler of Dominican olor seco and ligero.

The MSRP is set at $13 for each cigar or $312 for a box of 24 cigars. Only 500 boxes of the new limited edition are being released to retailers worldwide.

“We are thrilled to bring the 2024 Year of the Dragon cigar to our discerning customers in a limited edition of 500 boxes worldwide,” said Anto Mahroukian, president of JM Tobacco, in a press release when the cigar was announced. “This release signifies our dedication to providing aficionados with a unique and extraordinary smoking experience, marking the Year of the Dragon in true JM Tobacco fashion.”

The new cigars are rolled at the Tabacalera Turey S.A. factory located in Santiago, Dominican Republic.

Various other manufacturers have also announced or released Year of the Dragon-themed cigars, including Asylum, Davidoff, El Septimo, General Cigar Co., Habanos S.A., La Galera, Oliva, Maya Selva, Plasencia, Rocky Patel, United Cigars and Vega Fina.

Correction (Sept. 9, 2024) — We were informed of a mistake in the original press release for this cigar, which listed it as a 6 x 50 toro, when it measures 6 x 52. We have updated the story accordingly.

Correction (Sept. 10, 2024) — Anto Mahroukian informed halfwheel that the original details about the blend was incorrect, as the company originally announced that it used a Connecticut broadleaf binder, and a filler that uses tobaccos grown in the Dominican Republic and Mexico’s San Andrés Valley. That has been corrected to using a Mexican San Andrés maduro binder and a filler of Dominican olor seco and ligero.