Patina Releasing New Sumatra Line at PCA 2022; Announces New Samplers, Price Increase

At the upcoming PCA Convention & Trade Show, Patina Cigars will be releasing a new Sumatra line, the fourth core line offering for the company.

Its blend features an Ecuadorian Sumatra oscuro wrapper, a Connecticut broadleaf binder, and fillers from the U.S. and Nicaragua. The cigars are being produced by the Nicaragua America Cigars S.A. (NACSA) factory, and will be offered in four sizes:

• Patina Sumatra Precipitation (4 x 50) — $8.95 (Box of 16, $143.20)
• Patina Sumatra Rustic (5 x 52) — $10.95 (Box of 16, $175.20)
• Patina Sumatra Copper (6 x 46) — $10.95 (Box of 16, $175.20)
• Patina Sumatra Bronze (6 x 52) — $12.95 (Box of 16, $207.20)

“The Sumatra is a continuation of our strategy to create unique core line offerings that are available on a continual basis to our retailers and consumers,” said Mo Maali of Palina Cigars. “It’s a very dynamic cigar and I can’t wait for people to enjoy it”.

The new line is scheduled to begin shipping approximately two to three weeks after the show concludes, which should have the cigars on shelves by early August.

The company also announced that it will be unveiling a new sampler that includes a 5 x 52 Rustic vitola from each of the company’s four core lines, which include the Patina Connecticut, Patina Habano, Patina Maduro and Patina Sumatra. It will be priced at $32 and is scheduled to begin shipping around the same time as the Patina Sumatra line ships, meaning they will start arriving on store shelves in early August.

Finally, the company announced the it will be implementing a 2 percent price increase on its Connecticut and Habano lines as of August 1. “It’s no secret that inflationary pressures are permeating throughout the entire economy right now and unfortunately Patina is not immune,” Maali wrote in a press release, who noted that it was the first increase on the lines in Patina’s five-year history.

The following chart is a live look at what companies have announced price increases or no price increases for 2022.

Company	Price Increase
Alec Bradley	Yes
All Saints Cigars	No
Altadis U.S.A.	Yes
Arturo Fuente	Yes
Ashton	Yes
Asylum	Yes
ATL Cigar Co.	No
Battleground Cigars	No
Black Star Line Cigars	Yes
Blackbird	No
Blanco Cigar Co.	Yes
Bocock Brothers	No
Boveda	No
Casa Cuevas	Yes.
Cavalier Genève	Yes
CLE	Yes
Colibri	No
Crowned Heads	Yes
Crux Cigars	Yes
Dapper Cigar Co.	Yes
Davidoff of Geneva USA	Yes
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust	Yes
E.P. Carrillo	Yes
Emperors Cut	Yes
Epic Cigars	Yes
Espinosa Premium Cigars	No
Fratello	Yes
General Cigar Co.	Yes
German Engineered Cigars	Yes
Gran Habano	Yes
Gurkha	Yes
Habanos S.A.	Yes
Hiram & Solomon	Yes
HVC Cigars	Yes
Illusione	Yes
J.C. Newman	Yes
Jake Wyatt Cigar Co.	No
JRE Tobacco Co.	Yes
Kristoff	No
La Sirena	Yes
Los Caidos	No
Matilde Cigar Co.	Yes
Miami Cigar & Co.	Yes
Nat Cicco	Yes
Oliva	Yes
Padilla	Yes
Patina	No
Patina	Yes
Perdomo	Yes
Plasencia 1865	Yes
Platinum Nova	No
Pospiech	Yes
Rocky Patel	Yes
RoMa Craft Tobac	Yes
S.T.Dupont	Yes
Sinistro	No
Southern Draw	Yes
Tatuaje	Yes
Ventura Cigar Co.	Yes
Villiger Cigars North America	No

Image courtesy of Patina Cigars.