Gordo

Earlier this year, E.P. Carrillo premiered its Essence Series, a collection of six blends designed to showcase different wrappers. This third line prominently features Honduran tobacco, and is also made in the Central American country.

The first review of the La Aurora 115th Anniversary Limited Edition Gran Toro generated a score of 92. After five-and-a-half years, it’s time to revisit the cigar.

The newest release in Drew Estate’s Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo line is the largest yet, a 6 x 60 gordo with a price tag of $21.14 each. It is only being sold at Drew Diplomat Program retail partner events, and each of those retailers are limited to just three boxes per event, or 75 total cigars.

The Villiger 1888 Nicaragua was one of the first new blends from the Villiger de Nicaragua factory that opened in late 2021. This 6 x 60 is one of three new vitolas for 2024.

The Te-Amo brand has been around for nearly six decades, and while it once dominated retail humidors, it has fallen in popularity over the years. Now, Altadis U.S.A. is bringing it back with a new look and a focus on its position as the original cigar to use San Andrés Valley tobacco.

The third incarnation in the Hit & Run brand is made with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper covering an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and filler tobaccos grown in Nicaragua—including corojo 98 and an undisclosed varietal—and in Pennsylvania. Like the original blend that was released in 2017, the newest version of the brand is being produced by the Ventura family in the Dominican Republic.

A low and slow and fermentation process created the wrapper used on Esteban Carreras’ latest release.

The new line is made with a tobacco called Pinareño, a Cuban-seed tobacco not normally grown by the Eiroa family due in large part to its susceptibility to disease and the difficulty that comes with cultivating it. 

This cigar’s story began more than two decades ago when corojo tobacco seeds were smuggled out of Cuba.

Measuring 6 x 60, the 601 La Bomba Warhead VIII is the latest release in Espinosa’s extremely popular La Bomba Warhead Series.

One of two new vitolas added to JRE Tobacco Co.’s Aladino Cameroon brand this year, the 6 1/2 x 60 Gordo is the largest ring gauge in the line so far.