While George Rico and Gran Habano may be best known for large production and generally large ring gauge cigars, the Miami-based manufacturer has also made small-batch cigars a steady part of the company’s portfolio. In the spring of 2012, Rico added a new cigar called the S.T.K. Miami Barracuda, a cigar limited to just 2,000 cigars made at the company’s recently opened Miami factory, with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The line added a corona gorda as a store exclusive in June 2012, but since then it has largely been out of the spotlight. That was until June 2014, when Gran Habano announced that the Barracuda would be coming back in a maduro version. For the Barracuda Maduro, Rico went with an all-Nicaraguan ligero filler with a Nicaraguan binder, both from undisclosed regions of the country, while the wrapper is a Pennsylvania broadleaf maduro. The S.T.K. Miami Barracuda Maduro is being released in three sizes, all of which come in 10-count boxes and are being limited to 200 boxes of each size. The smallest of the three is a 5 5/8 x 46 with an MSRP of $7.50, while a 5 x 52 robusto is priced ...
↧