United Cigars Debuting Connecticut Line at PCA 2024

During the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show later this week, United Cigars will be showing off the new United Connecticut.

As the name implies, the cigars are made with an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed shade-grown wrapper covering a Dominican binder and filler tobaccos grown in the Dominican Republic, including Dominican broadleaf. United says that the wrappers used for the new line are taken from the “higher primings” of the tobacco plants, meaning the leaves come from higher up on the plant.

The cigars are being made at the Tabacalera Magia Cubana factory located in Santiago, Dominican Republic.

The United Connecticut will debut in three different vitolas, all packaged in 20-count boxes:

• United Connecticut Robusto (5 x 54) — $7 (Box of 20, $140)
• United Connecticut Toro (6 x 54) — $8 (Box of 20, $160)
• United Connecticut Churchill (7 x 54) — $9 (Box of 20, $180)

“We originally crafted the United blend around beautiful Dominican Broadleaf tobacco,” said Oliver Nivaud, director of operations for United Cigars, in a press release. “Working with a superior wrapper, as oily and elegant as this, only made this blend graduate to the next level.”

According to a press release, the United Connecticut cigars will be shown off at the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show, which takes place March 22-25, and boxes are scheduled to begin shipping to retailers in April.