New Mysterioso from Battleground Cigar Offers Taste of Louisiana Tobacco
Battleground Cigar will offer consumers a unique taste from its latest cigar scheduled to be unveiled at the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show next week, as the filler of the company’s new Mysterioso cigar includes a touch of authentic Louisiana Perique tobacco.
Perique is a type of tobacco grown in Saint James Parish, Louisiana and is known for offering its powerful and strong profile but also for a sweet and fruity aroma. While there are records of tobacco being grown in the area as far back as the mid 1700s, it was a farmer named Pierre Chenet who is considered to be the inventor of Perique through a pressure-fermentation technique in 1824.
The Battleground Cigar Mysterioso is made in the Dominican Republic with a dark Brazilian wrapper that sits on top of a blend of tobaccos from central and South America, as well as the Louisiana Perique. The company is billing it as a medium to full bodied cigar.
It will be available in two sizes, both coming in eight-count boxes with the cigars in glass tubes. The 5 x 54 robusto is priced at $9.95 per cigar, while the 6 1/4 x 52 Torpedo is $10.95.
If the Mysterioso name sounds familiar, it is for good reason, as La Flor Dominicana used it on a 2013 holiday release called the La Flor Dominicana Mysterioso Collector’s 2013. In February, La Flor Dominicana announced that the cigar would return in 2014 though with a few small changes. The Mysterioso trademark is owned by Connecticut Valley Tobacconist LLC, which appears to be the parent company of Battleground Cigars.
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the G-League's Valley Suns, and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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