Tabacos de Oriente

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 move to Plasencia’s factory in Honduras was announced in March; now those cigars are heading to retailers. The blend remains the same, as do the four sizes in which the line is offered.

The company says that the 6 x 54 figurado offers a new way to experience the Honduran puro. Only 500 boxes of 10 cigars are being produced for the release, which is scheduled to ship to retailers later this month.

This is the third blend for the company’s six-part Essence Series. So far, all three blends have been offered in the same three vitolas.

The blend of the third Essence Series release is heavy on Honduran tobacco. It’s also not being made at the Casa Carrillo factory.

This is the fourth vitola in the Cosecha 149 line, which was made with the company’s 149th crop of tobacco. When the line debuted in 2021, it was Plasencia’s first Honduran puro released under its company name.

The cigars were rolled in 2013 and set aside to show the effects of controlled aging.

It’s the second cigar to be released this year for Arango’s portfolio that uses a nickname for Chicago.

The blend features two wrappers that have both been aged for more than five years.

The figurado vitola is the fourth vitola for the regular production line.

Maya Selva is offering another aged cigar from its vaults to show off the effects of controlled aging.