Wynwood Cigars Ships The 15th & The First

Wynwood Cigars has begun shipping its newest line, The 15th & The First. The Miami-based partnership between Robert Caldwell and Christian Eiroa is once again focusing on the concept of fresh cigars, this time with a blend comprised entirely of Honduran Corojo tobacco.

“It is a 15 week aged bunch, so we rest the unwrapped cigars for 15 weeks, and then we apply the fresh wrapper and the cigar is shipped out that same day,” said Caldwell.

Priced between $12.00 and $14.00 per cigar, The 15th & The First is offered in four different vitolas:

• Toro (6 x 52) – $14.00 (Boxes of 25, $350.00)
• Corona Gorda (5 1/2 x 46) – $12.00 (Boxes of 25, $300.00)
• Robusto (4 3/4 x 50) –   $13.00 (Boxes of 25, $325.00)
• Mini Diadema  (4 3/4 x 48/52) – $14.00 (Boxes of 25, $350.00)

All of the sizes will be sold in individually numbered 25 count boxes, and only 1,500 individually numbered boxes of 25 will be sold with total box numbers split evenly between the four sizes. According to Caldwell the first 60 boxes shipped to retailers last week, and there will be small amounts released every week until all boxes have been sent.

The boxes that are numbered 1 or 15 have a special purpose.

“The boxes numbered 1 or 15 will be the last cigars to go out,” said Caldwell. “The last 150 boxes shipped will be sprinkled with these boxes numbered 01/1500 15/1500 101/1500 115/1500 etc. They will have the next 15/1 blend in them as a preview to the next limited release…so the customers will have a chance to taste them and be teased before they’re out.”

Brooks Whittington

I have worn many hats in my life up to this point: I started out as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, then transitioned to photographing weddings—both internationally and in the U.S.—for more than a decade. After realizing that there was a need for a cigar website containing better photographs and more in-depth information about each release, I founded my first cigar blog, SmokingStogie, in 2008. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars, and it was one of the predecessors to halfwheel, which I co-founded.