Surrogates Big Ten Going Regular Production with New Vitola This Summer
After debuting at the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show as a limited edition, the Surrogates Big Ten is getting a new regular production vitola that is slated to make its debut at the 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show and be released later this summer.
The new size is a 5 1/4 x 52 robusto, with a blend that uses an Ecuadorian habano rosado oscuro wrapper atop Nicaraguan binders and fillers. It is a follow-up to the Britanicas Extra vitola that the cigar debuted in, which is a 5 3/8 x 48 perfecto.
“We wanted to use the blend from last year’s anniversary Britanicas Extra size and after trying some others decided on a 5 1/4 x 52,” Pete Johnson of Tatuaje told halfwheel. He added that this new vitola uses a slightly lower priming of wrapper from the one used on the Britanicas Extra, which he said delivered a preferable flavor among the people who worked on the project.
While the Britanicas Extra was limited to 500 boxes of 20 cigars, this new size will be a regular production. It will also come in 20-count boxes, though pricing has not yet been finalized. For reference, the original Surrogates Big Ten was priced at $11 per cigar.
The Surrogates Big Ten, which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Surrogates brand, is produced by My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.
Featured image via NewHavanaCigars.com.
Patrick Lagreid
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