Perdomo will be releasing a new vitola in all three blends of its Double Aged Vintage line next month, as the company announced Tuesday morning that a limited edition Salomon vitola is due to hit store shelves in December. The cigar measures 6 1/8 x 50/60 and will be available in all three of the line’s wrapper options, a Nicaraguan Sun Grown, Connecticut and Nicaraguan Maduro. Due to the limited run of 20,000 cigars per wrapper, the Salomon is being offered in smaller eight-count boxes with a single-stick MSRP of $12. The company says the cigars will be limited to 250 retailers worldwide. Perdomo announced the Double Aged Vintage line in June 2014, about six weeks ahead of the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show where the company would formally unveil them. Four sizes–5 x 56 robusto, 6 x 56 epicure, 7 x 56 churchill and 6 1/2 x 60 gordo extra–were made in each wrapper version, for a total of 12 facings as part of the original release. The line is said to use the “most cherished” 12 year old fillers, binders, and wrappers in the company’s stocks, which have been bale aged for ten years and then barrel aged for an additional two years. ...
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