While a number of manufacturers kept their IPCPR releases to a relative minimum, L’Atelier Imports had a steady stream of new projects to show off to retailers and the cigar industry that ranged from limited editions to small cigars to a new regular line. Once again, L’Atelier shared booth space with My Father Cigars and Tatuaje. Satin Glove is the latest addition to the Surrogates line, a 7 x 47 box-pressed churchill that features a Mexican San Andrés wrapper. Four new small cigar five-packs were unveiled: Cracker Crumbs, El Suelo Vuelos, L’Atelier Travailleurs and Trocadéro Ruelles. All of the cigars measure 4 1/2 x 38, will cost $14.50 per pack and are long-filler cigars. There was some concern that Cracker Crumbs might lead people to think the cigars are mixed-filler, but that is not the case. As for Selection Spéciale, which uses a higher-priming of the Sancti Spiritus wrapper, it is getting a pair of new sizes: the 6 1/8 x 52 LAT Selection Spéciale Torpedo ($9.50), and the 7 1/2 x 38 LAT 38 Selection Spéciale ($9.75) Both cigars come in 20-count boxes and are limited, but ongoing production. The trade-show exclusive L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER14 was on the order sheets; it’s a ...
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