Kristoff Twentieth Anniversary, PCA 2024 Exclusive Begin Arriving in Stores
The first boxes of Kristoff’s new Twentieth Anniversary line and the cigar it released as an exclusive to retailers attending the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show have begun arriving at stores.
The line celebrates the company’s first two decades in business and has a blend that features a Brazilian arapiraca wrapper atop an Indonesian binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Pennsylvania. It is being offered in four sizes, which will come with price tags between $13 and $15 per cigar:
- Kristoff Twentieth Anniversary Robusto (5 x 50)
- Kristoff Twentieth Anniversary Toro (6 1/2 x 54)
- Kristoff Twentieth Anniversary Gordo (6 x 60)
- Kristoff Twentieth Anniversary Cut Perfecto (6 x 60)
Also hitting store shelves is the Kristoff PCA 2024 Signature Series, which was limited to retailers who ordered it at the event in late March. It’s the third year that Kristoff has offered such a cigar, with this year’s blend using a Mexican San Andrés wrapper, an Indonesian binder and a Nicaraguan filler. It is being offered in a 6 1/2 x 54 box-pressed toro vitola, with pricing set as $13 per cigar. Production is limited to just over 1,000 boxes.
The cigars are produced at Tabacalera Von Eicken S.R.L. in Santiago, Dominican Republic.
Jarrid Trudeau, vice president of national sales for Kristoff, told halfwheel that the first shipment is relatively small, about 100 boxes of each line, with more cigars expected to be released by the end of May.
Update — Shortly after this article was published, Trudeau confirmed pricing on the Kristoff PCA 2024 Signature Series as the original article referenced a range that the company originally indicated it would be priced at. Additionally, he said that while the company had originally planned to produce 750 boxes of the cigar, they oversold it and production is now a bit over 1,000 boxes.
Patrick Lagreid
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