Press Release: La Flor Dominicana Announces Fall & Winter Releases

October 22, 2013 (Coral Gables, Fla.) — La Flor Dominicana is proud to announce the release of three very special and unique cigars for the Fall and Winter of 2013.

Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch V – This will be the fifth installment of the Small Batch series, which features exclusively Dominican tobaccos from our 2007 crop grown on our farm in La Canela. This finely aged Dominican Puro is very special, made with tobaccos that are the cream of the crop. The tobaccos in these cigars are hand selected by the maker and are considered the “best of the best”. There is only enough of this special tobacco to make “Small Batches”. The Small Batch 5 comes in at 52 x 6 ¾, in 105 count crates, and retails at $19.00 per cigar. (Releasing December 2013)

L-Granú – The L-Granú is the largest vitola we have ever produced measuring up at 64 x 6. With this larger format we have kicked up the ligero in this blend of Dominican binder and filler, wrapped it in a higher priming Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper then used on the regular Ligero line producing our fattest and strongest Ligero yet. The L-Granú will retail at $8.50, presented in 100 count boxes, and release in November 2013.

Mysterioso – To continue off the success the Mysterio garnered at this year’s IPCPR, TOP DOMINICAN CIGAR – Cigar Journal, we are producing an even more beautiful version of the Mysterio, wrapped in a Connecticut Broadleaf, ornamented all around with a thin ribbon of Connecticut shade wrapper. This 55 x 7 Perfecto boasts Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers, and Dominican binder. The Mysterioso will retail for $19.00, in 5 count Collectors Boxes, and begin shipping to retailers in November 2013.

La Flor Dominicana is a vertically integrated premium cigar company, where we proudly control the process from the seed to the final grading, inspecting and packing process. Our tobaccos are grown at our farm in La Canela, Dominican Republic. Our factory is located in Tamboril.

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.