The first new release for Crowned Heads this year will be an exclusive for a retailer in Hawaii. Paniolo Especiale 2015 is the newest cigar from the Tennessee-based company, an exclusive for Hawaii’s R. Field Wine Co. The 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda uses the same blend as 2014’s Tennessee Waltz release, and features a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan tobacco for both the binder and filler. Like Tennessee Waltz, it is rolled at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua. Instead of the orange foot band, it uses a teal ribbon band. The marketing materials for the Paniolo Especiale 2015 have more information on the name: In 1832, King Kamehameha III sent one of his high chiefs to California to hire Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) to come to Hawaii to teach Hawaiians cattle and horse handling skills. Hawaii’s cowboys soon became known as “Paniolo,” believed by etymologists to be the Hawaiianized pronunciation of español. Today, the term still refers to cowboys working in the Islands and to the culture their lifestyle spawned. If the name R. Field Wine Co. sounds familiar, the Hawaii retail store has been one of the hotbeds for single store releases over the years, including exclusives from Illusione, PDR, ...
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