As an incentive to get more retailers to the trade show and reward the ones who do make the often long and expensive trip, in 2013 L’Atelier Imports announced that those store owners would have access to for a limited period of time following the show. This new cigar got the name Extension de la Racine ER13, with the name translating to extension of the root. It bore the familiar L’Atelier band but in a modified color scheme, and the boxes it came in didn’t hide its comparison to the Cuban Cohiba Siglo VI that it was patterned after. Inside the box was a Nicaraguan puro released in a single 5 7/8 x 52 toro vitola and using sun grown criollo wrapper over a filler blend that included Sancti Spiritus tobacco. It also came with the promise that a new size was to be expected at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. The company held to its promise, unveiling a new 6 1/2 x 52 torpedo vitola in Las Vegas this past July that would begin shipping just a few weeks ago. It debuted alongside three other new releases, the Surrogates Satin Glove, L’Atelier LAT Selection Spéciale extensions and a series of ...
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