L’Atelier’s Identité Debuting at IPCPR 2016
Sancti Spiritus, a hybrid criollo and pelo de oro seed, is the signature tobacco of L’Atelier Imports. The company has used it in a variety of manners across it’s many releases, but for the first time it will be used as wrapper, binder and filler in one cigar.
Fittingly called Identité—the French word for identity—the new line will debut at the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which begins next week in Las Vegas.
While Sancti Spiritus is used throughout the cigar, it’s not a puro of the seed. The wrapper comes from Ecuador, while the binder and fillers are grown by the García family, including some Sancti Spiritus and other tobaccos.
It will be offered in three sizes: 4 7/8 x 50, 5 5/8 x 46 and 5 7/8 x 52. Pricing has not been finalized, but all three sizes will come in boxes of 20.
Pete Johnson of L’Atelier Imports told halfwheel that the 4 7/8 x 50 size has been used an event cigar since June.
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.
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