There was a plan for the Illusione Singularé. Singulare’ is an annual, Limited Edition cigar that changes in both size and blend each year. Each year, Dion Giolito scours bales of tobacco along with the farmers each year and picks a particular leaf component to blend around. These tobaccos are often times very rare and can only make a small run given the particular farm, lot and priming selected. Depending on yield, the yearly release can bring anywhere from around 500 to 1500 boxes to market. All it takes is four words into the statement from Illusione’s website before you have to add a footnote. Singularé, now in its fifth year, is supposed to be annual, but production delays cancelled a release for the year 2011. That being said, there was a 2011 version, released in July 2012, which leads to the part about “changing in both size”—the 2012 version was the same size. It’s probably easier to say that three releases, including this year’s, in the Singularé series have followed the description, with the 2011 and 2012 release being a big exception to the rule. Except for of course the fact that this year’s release is exceeds the 500-1,500 ...
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