It took a while to come to fruition, but the Illusione exclusive to R. Field Wine Company in Hawaii is finally here. It’s the first release to carry the Cigars Privé branding, which translates into private cigars from French. Formally, the cigar is called the Illusione MC Slam, a 6 x 54 bench-pressed toro that is made at TABSA in Estelí, Nicaragua. The blend uses a Mexican San Andrés “capa fina” maduro wrapper over a combination of Nicaraguan tobaccos from Estelí and Jalapa. It features a new Illusione band, which is a dark blue, and the boxes read Cigars Privé on the front. Pricing is set at $8.50 per cigar and it is limited to 200 boxes of 25 cigars. The MC part of the name is in reference to R. Field Wine Company manager Marvin Chang, who heads up the company’s cigar operations, while the slam in the name designates the cigar is box-pressed. If Chang’s name or the name of the store in Hawaii sounds familiar to you, it may be because it is where the now legendary Tatuaje T110 was released as one of Pete Johnson’s single store exclusives in 2009 and has been the home to a variety of other exclusives. ...
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