Vlada Stojanov, best known as the U.S. distributor of Casa 1910, Despot, Lampert, Xhaxhi Bobi and formerly the American distributor for Casdagli, is launching his new cigar brand named Somm at TPE 2023 with two debut blends.
Somm Premier Cru is a limited edition 6 x 49 piramides made at the KBF Factory in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Given the factory origin, it should come of no surprise that it uses tobaccos from the Kelner family’s vast library. This includes a wrapper from Bonao, Dominican Republic from the 1997 harvest, a binder from the Kelner’s farm in Monte Plata, Dominican Republic—it’s from the 2007 harvest—and Dominican San Vicente viso from 2018, Peruvian pelo de pro visas from 2017 and BVS African hybrid from 2017 in the filler.
It will have an MSRP of $30 and limited to just 300 boxes of five cigars. Stojanov says Somm Premier Cru will begin shipping in March.
Both the Somm and Premier Cru parts of the name are references to wine as Stojanov is a trained sommelier.
Update (Feb. 25, 2023) — This is a five-count box, not a 10-count box as originally stated.