Warped Cigars Marks El Oso’s 10th Anniversary with New Limited Edition
It’s been 10 years since Warped Cigars launched its El Oso line, and this week, the company is sending out a new limited edition to celebrate that anniversary.
The El Oso 10th Anniversary is a 6 x 50 toro that the company is calling the Grand Papa, and it comes with a different blend than the original El Oso. This new cigar uses an Ecuadorian habano oscuro wrapper, while the binder comes from Nicaragua instead of the Ecuadorian leaf found on the original blend. Underneath those leaves are a mix of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. The cigars are made at El Titan de Bronze in Miami and began shipping to retailers this past Monday.
Production is being limited to 1,500 boxes of 10 cigars, which come with an MSRP of $25 per cigar and $250 per box. The cigars were reportedly made by just one person at the factory, who has a daily production of about 100 cigars, meaning it took approximately 150 days, or six months, to produce the release.
Warped Cigars made the announcement about the El Oso 10th Anniversary via Cigar Aficionado. The company has yet to reply to e-mails seeking to confirm the accuracy of that report, as well as to provide pictures of the new cigar.
In that report, Warped also announced plans to release limited editions to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its La Colmena and Don Reynaldo lines, which debuted alongside the El Oso in 2014. Those two cigars are slated to be unveiled at the 2024 PCA Convention and Trade Show in late March.
Brooks Whittington contributed to this story.
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