Padrón’s New Family Reserve No. 96 Coming to Stores Next Week
After showing off the Family Reserve No. 96 at last July’s 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Padrón is ready to send the cigars to stores, Jorge Padrón told halfwheel today.
It’s a Nicaraguan puro that is offered in a round 5 3/4 x 52 robusto extra vitola, with both Natural and Maduro wrapper options available. Pricing is set at $30.50 per cigar, with the cigars offered in 10-count boxes priced at $305.
The newest size in Padrón’s Family Reserve line commemorates what would be the 96th birthday of company founder José Orlando Padrón, who was born in 1922 and passed away in December 2017 at the age of 91. It joins several other vitolas in the line, which debuted in 2007, and which uses tobacco that has been aged for 10 years, with the company saying that the blend delivers a full-bodied flavor.
According to the company, only retailers who attended the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show were able to order the cigar, and it won’t be available to reorder until this year’s show, which happens July 7-11 in Las Vegas, Nev. It’s a similar manner to how the Family Reserve No. 95 was released in 2021.
The company originally estimated that the cigar would be released late in the fall of 2022, ahead of the holiday season.
Patrick Lagreid
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