Estelí Cigars S.A.

This is the second vitola in the line that debuted last year. The name is a term the factory uses to describe the peak temperature that pilónes reach while tobacco cures.

Named for fold-down part of the back of a truck or parking lot festivities before football games? Yes.

The two vitolas are a box-pressed 6 x 60 and a 6 x 52 pyramid.

The name of the new cigar refers to the temperature of 150 degrees, which is the temperature that pilónes of tobacco can reach while the tobacco is being processed.

While these might look similar to the existing Fratello Camo series, these cigars are made in a different country and offered in different sizes.

The new line will be packaged in a box designed to look like a classic truck, with the tailgate portion opening downwards to give access to the cigars inside.

Fratello is expanding its Camo series of bundle cigars by adding two new sizes to each line. In a very unique move, the two new sizes will be made at a different factory than the original two sizes.

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