At the 2013 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, A.J. Fernandez unveiled the third member of the San Lotano line, a Connecticut-wrapped version of the increasingly popular cigar line. It was being released in the same six sizes— Robusto (5 1/2 x 54), Toro (6 1/2 x 54), Torpedo (6 1/2 x 54), Double Corona (7 1/2 x 54), Gordo (6 x 60) and Corona (5 x 44)—as the two previous versions of the Oval, which used a Habano 2000 or maduro wrapper. The release of the San Lotano Oval Connecticut was joined by two other additions from Fernandez, El Mayimbe and a maduro version of Pinelero. The San Lotano Oval goes back to 2011, however, when the company showed off the new cigar at that year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show and the cigar began hitting retail shelves in the following months. Clay Roberts, the company’s former marketing director, said at the time that “the San Lotano Oval differs from the existing San Lotano line as it is blended with ‘ultra premium aged tobacco’. This provides the the cigar a very distinguished balance, according to A.J.” Also chiming in about the new cigar was Alex Svenson of Cigar.com, who said: ...
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