To say it’s been a big year for José Blanco would be somewhat of an understatement. He started his own company, Las Cumbres Tabaco, and launched the first line – Señorial. In October as part of his 65th birthday celebrations, he announced the Señorial 65th Anniversary, which was a special size and blend that was shipped in early December. Blanco sourced the tobacco from a few different farms, and describes it all in detail which we posted in our news story from October: “This is a cigar very special to me, and I wish to share more than the usual by also mentioning these beautiful Dominican farms, as well as primings depending on the seeds,” Blanco said. The wrapper is a six-year-old Dominican Piloto Cubano from the La Canela farm, while the binder is a Dominican corojo, also from La Canela. For the filler, he is using five-year-old Dominican Piloto Cubano ligero, from La Canela, as well as Dominican corojo viso from the Jacagua farm and Dominican Corojo seco from the Gurabo farm. Blanco noted that depending on the farm and seed, he carefully chose each priming and is only using tobaccos with five to six years of age for this ...
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