Alec Bradley unveiled its latest full production line, Coyol. It will come in six sizes, all in boxes of 20: Petit Lancero (6 1/2 x 41, $6.95), Robusto (5 x 52, $7.45), Toro (6 x 52, $8.20), Belicoso (5 1/2 x 58, $8.5), Gordo (6 x 60, $8.75) and Double Churchill (7 x 58, $9.25). It uses a Honduran wrapper from the Trojes region, binders from the Jalapa region of Nicaragua and Trojes, and fillers from Trojes and Condega and Estelí, Nicaragua. The name means “palms” and comes from one of the farms at Raices Cubanas. The Texas Lancero is a 7 x 70 that was released last month; it’s made at the Plasencia family’s Tabacos de Oriente factory with tobacco from Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. Fine & Rare is back with the Ta-25A blend and a secondary packaging option that is really impressive. In addition to the standard ten-count box configuration, of which there will be 3,000 made, there will be a limited release version called the Blender’s Edition: 250 boxes that contain puritos of each of the ten types of tobacco used in Fine & Rare. A price for the Blender’s Edition hasn’t been announced yet, but it should be ...
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