For the better part of the last year, word around Guayacan has been one name—Sabor de Estelí. It’s a tribute to Estelí, the capital of Nicaragua’s cigarmaking and likely the city producing the most cigars in the world at this moment in time. There are two different lines, separated by wrapper—the Natural uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, while the Maduro uses Mexican San Andrés—and shape—the Maduro is box-pressed, the Natural is round. Inside is a blend of visos and ligeros from Estelí. As far as geography of a tobacco plant that means it only uses tobaccos from the higher parts of the plant, forgoing seco—middle to lower—and volado, a lower priming. Three sizes are made in both lines: Gordo (6 x 60, $9.50), Robusto (5 x 50, $8) and Toro (6 x 52, $8.50). In addition, a 500 box run of 6 1/2 x 42 Coronas has been made in the Natural blend. The cigars differ from the regular line in that the Corona has a covered foot, pigtail and is sold in 10-count boxes as opposed to 20-count boxes. Guayacan debuted the line at the 2014 IPCPR convention and trade show, alongside the new Guayacan Maduro and ...
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