March 18, 2015 Charlie Minato News

New Padilla Blend Slated for May

Padilla Cigars is returning to a familiar place for its newest blend.

In 2007 Ernesto Padilla and Juan Carlos Aguilar partnered for the original Padilla Series 68. Now, he is returning to Tabacalera Aguilar factory for a new box-pressed blend that should hit shelves in May. Ernesto Padilla told halfwheel that the cigar uses an Ecuadorian habano oscuro wrapper, Nicaraguan fillers from both Estelí and Jalapa and an additional undisclosed tobacco.

Padilla isn’t talking about the cigar’s name yet because a trademark has not been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but there are quite a few other details. Sizes are expected to be 5 x 54, 6 x 52, 6 x 57 and 6 x 60 with pricing likely between $5.50-8.

This year has seen big changes at Padilla, the company is once again handling its own distribution and opened up a showroom in Miami.

Ernesto Padilla Juan Carlos Aguilar Padilla Tabacalera Aguilar
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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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