Y Panda, a new line that debuted at the 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show, added its first limited edition at the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show.
It’s called the Y Panda Domino, and it’s a 6 x 52 toro that uses a modified blend from the original. The Domino uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, two binders—one a Brazilian arapiraca and the other a Mexican San Andrés—and an all-Nicaraguan filler.
The regular production Y Panda line uses an Ecuadorian corojo 98 wrapper, a double binder of Brazilian arapiraca and Ecuadorian Sumatra, and an all-Nicaraguan filler that includes viso from Jalapa and seco from Estelí.
The Y Panda Domino, which is produced at the Luciano Cigar Factory, is priced at $16.10 per cigar and offered in boxes of 18 cigars. Production was initially being limited to just 300 boxes, which were available only to retailers who attended the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show in late March and ordered the cigar there. However, the company said that those retailers may be able to reorder once more, which would increase the number of cigars produced.
The first batch of cigars is expected to ship by the end of April.
Y Panda is the creation of Linxu “Panda” Yan, who worked with Luciano Meirelles to create a cigar line after he spent more than a year as an intern at Luciano Cigars. Yan now serves as a brand ambassador for the line.