Last month, Room101 announced that it would be creating a new series of cigars for eight select retailers around the country. Named Ichiban, which translates into first in Japanese, each of the eight retailers will receive an exclusive size of the singular blend. The first of those retailers is Smokin’ Joe’s & Old City Cigar, located in the Knoxville, Tenn. area, which took delivery of the Room101 Ichiban Tiburon last week. The debut vitola is the 6 x 44 lonsdale size that was used in the Namakubi line previously. As for the blend, Ichiban uses an Ecuadorian wrapper, Nicaraguan criollo 98 binder and Nicaraguan corojo 99 fillers. The cigar is limited to 1,000 boxes of 10, which is the same amount each of the eight sizes will be capped at. Pricing is set at $8.69 per cigar. Cigar Reviewed: Room101 Ichiban Tiburon Country of Origin: Honduras Factory: Agroindustria LAEPE S.A. Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaraguan Criollo 98 Filler: Nicaraguan Corojo 99 Size: 6 Inches Ring Gauge: 44 Vitola: Lonsdale MSRP: $8.69 (Boxes of 10, $86.90) Date Released: Jan. 28, 2015 Number of Cigars Released: 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars) Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 4 While I generally am not for anything that adds ...
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