Press Release: Gurkha Cigar Group Welcomes the Long-awaited Release of the Pedro Martin Limited Edition Cigar (Update)

November 25, 2013 (Tamarac, Fla.) — After much anticipation, the Gurkha Cigar Group is proud to announce the arrival and release of the Pedro Martin Limited Edition Cigar.

With only five hundred boxes made, this tasty treat is a full- bodied complex cigar blended by Legendary Master Blender Pedro Martin himself many years ago; and manufactured under the watchful eye of Arsenio Ramos in TABASA ESTELI NICARAGUA.  It adorns a 9-year Corojo Wrapper with a proprietary blend exclusively with Nicaraguan tobaccos and has been patiently marinating in cedar for the last two years, waiting for the perfect time to be released.

Gurkha Cigar Group took over the Pedro Martin trademark earlier this year and welcomed Maria Martin to the family.  “We are very excited to be adding the Pedro Martin brand along with Maria Martin to our Premium Cigar Portfolio,” says Juan Lopez, National Sales Director.

With the Pedro Martin long-awaited release, Gurkha honors the legendary blender Pedro Martin who was an instrumental figure for many of the current blenders today.  Be on the look out for more releases from the Pedro Martin brand in 2014 as Gurkha plans to welcome back the Ruby and Maduro blends.

Update (December 6, 2013) — Gurkha Cigar Group released additional information about the Pedro Martin Limited Edition today, announcing that it will be a 6 x 52 Toro with an MSRP of $14.00 per cigar. As mentioned above, it uses a nine-year-old Corojo wrapper with a proprietary blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos for the binder and filler. It is described as a full, complex cigar.

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.