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TOBACCO BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015
• Drew Estate released a line extension
of Undercrown made with a Connecticut
Ecuador wrapper, giving the cigar smoker
a more medium-bodied experience.
Blended by Willy Herrera, it features a
binder from Sumatra over long-fillers
from the Dominican and Nicaragua.Also
from Drew is the Herrera Esteli Norteno
Edicion Limitada, only available as a
7x48 Prensado.
• At the Altadis booth, there was the
MontecristoWhiteVintageConnecticut,
which also featured a Connecticut Shade
wrapper, this one a vintage 2008. The
filler is Dominican, Nicaraguan and
Peruvian tobaccos.
• Perdomo offered up the Perdomo
Factory Tour Blend, available in three
wrapper varietals: Connecticut, sun
grown and Maduro, each available in
four sizes.
• From Padron comes a lighter, milder
cigar in a Connecticut-seed wrapper
named for Jose O. Padron’s grandfather
Damaso. Highly anticipated, the Padron
Damaso is a less robust take on a
traditional Padron.
• Macanudo got its share of visitors—and
for good reason. Plans call for producing
just 1,800 boxes of its Macanudo Estate
Reserve—which features an oily 10-year-
old Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper
called Silver Tongue said to be the most
expensive long-filler leaf in the world.
• As mentioned above, Partagas also
debuted a limited-edition cigar—the
Partagas Aniversario, featuring ligero
and viso leaves from Nicaragua and
the Dominican Republic, a binder of
Connecticut Habano and a sun-grown
Cameroon wrapper.
Also be sure to check out our feature
story on Davidoff in this issue (p. 58) for
information about their new releases.
Highlights
from the
International
Premium Cigar and
Pipe Retailer Show
Held in New Orleans, this
year’s IPCPR show featured
329 vendors showcasing cigars,
accessories and much more. The
vast show floor was a virtual
smorgasbord of all things cigar-
related, but most of the talk
swirling around the vast show
floor was about the sheer number
of new cigars being debuted.
Many of the new releases were
limited-edition cigars or cigars
commemorating anniversaries—
which means retailers will need
to act quickly to get their hands
on cigars like the Partagas
Aniversario, which will be
released in October, and the 85th
Anniversary cigar from Nat
Sherman, which has operated a
storefront in Manhattan for 85
years.
We won’t attempt to list them
all, but here are a few highlights.
Event Spotlight/IPCPR 2015
The photos on the pages to follow showcase more highlights from the IPCPR
show, which will move back to Las Vegas next year. Hope to see you there!