The name E.P. Carrillo should be a familiar one for most cigar smokers and for good reason; Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Jr. has been in the cigar business for close to 40-years between El Credito, General Cigar Co. and his eponymous company which produces cigars under its own E.P. Carrillo brand and for Crowned Heads. Which seems to make the E.P. Carrillo 5 Year Anniversary in need of a small bit of explanation as to its name. While Perez-Carrillo has been in the cigar business since the late 1970s, it was in 2009 when he launched EPC Cigar Co. along with his children, Lissette and Ernesto III. That year the company released the E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009, a limited edition that was followed by the well-regarded regular production Core Line. Since that time the company’s portfolio has steadily grown to include the annual Short Run project and yearly limited editions, as well as regular production lines including the Core Line Maduro, Cardinal, Cardinal Maduro, E-Stunner, New Wave Connecticut, INCH, INCH Maduro, the recently launched INCH C-99 and soon to be released La Historia. This is the sixth non-Short Run, nationally-released limited edition for the company. E.P. Carrillo Edición Limitada Inaugural 2009 (5 3/8 x 52) — December 2009 — 15,000 Boxes of 10 ...
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