Maya Selva’s Año del Dragón 2024 and New Flor de Selva Vitolas Begin Shipping

The newest releases from Maya Selva Cigars have begun arriving at international retailers ahead of their stateside release next month.

Headlining the new cigars that were shown off at the InterTabac 2023 trade fair in Dortmund, Germany last month is the new Año del Dragón 2024, which is being released in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year. It has been released in Europe and Asia, with delivery to U.S. retailers expected by the end of November.

It is a Honduran puro, with the wrapper coming from Jamastrán, binders from Azacualpa and Olancho, and a filler that uses tobacco from throughout Honduras. The company says it has a strong profile highlighted by aromas of cedar and nuts.

It is offered in a 7 1/2 x 52 double corona vitola; in the U.S., the Maya Selva Año del Dragón 2024 is priced at $24.50 per cigar and $245 for a box of 10 cigars. The cigars are produced by Plasencia’s Tabacos de Oriente factory in Honduras.

Borrowing from the Gregorian calendar, Maya Selva Cigars has produced a total of 2,024 boxes for worldwide distribution. Presented with a bright red and gold color scheme, the boxes have a design that brings together traditional Chinese patterns and Mayan hieroglyphics, as the company says that in both the Chinese and the Mayan cultures, animal symbolism and iconography play a crucial role in spirituality, with the ancient Maya believing that everyone has a “nahual,” a spirit animal that guides us through life.

This is the latest Lunar New Year-themed cigar for Maya Selva Cigars, which debuted the series in 2018 with the Maya Selva Year of the Pig.

The Flor de Selva Maduro line is getting a 6 x 52 toro that joins the line as a regular production vitola, offered at $14 per cigar and $280 for a box of 20 cigars. As with the rest of the line, the wrapper and binder both come from Honduras’ Jamastrán Valley, while the fillers are undisclosed varietals grown in Honduras. The company calls the Flor de Selva Maduro Toro a well-balanced, medium to full-bodied cigar.

It has begun shipping to retailers in both Europe and the United States.

To celebrate and highlight the new Flor de Selva Toro Maduro Toro, the company has created the Flor de Selva Trío Toro sampler, which includes the new cigar as well as the Flor de Selva line that came out in June and the Flor de Selva No. 20 Toro that came out in Fall 2022. The sampler is a regular production item that is priced at $43.50. It has been released to retailers in Europe and Asia, and is slated to arrive at U.S. retailers by the end of November.

Finally, the Flor de Selva Selvita, which is now the smallest vitola in the line, has begun arriving in non-U.S. markets. It is a 4 x 30 vitola created to be a companion for a short break or a quick stroll in any season, the company said in a press release. The blend uses a Honduran-grown, Connecticut-seed wrapper, with the fillers are also grown in Honduras but are of undisclosed varietal. The result is a medium-bodied profile that offers the classic woody and spicy aromas found in the line’s other sizes, according to the company. The Selvita is priced at approximately $38 for a 10-count tin.

A U.S. release date for the Selvita has not yet been announced.

Images courtesy of Maya Selva Cigars.