In honor of José Seijas’ 40th year in the cigar business, his relatively new company—Matilde Cigar Co.—created a lancero vitola of its debut line, and did it in a slightly thicker 40 ring gauge. The Matilde Renacer Lancero was shown off at last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, but didn’t begin shipping until this past January. It is the fifth vitola for the line and the first limited size with a total production of 40,000 cigars. It measures 7 x 40 and keeping with the 40 theme, ships in 40-count boxes. Suggested pricing is set at $9. Seijas is best known for his work as the head of Tabacalera de García, the largest premium cigar factory in the world. He spent over 30 years with Altadis U.S.A and its predecessors, but left in early 2012. He was not out for very long and by mid-2013 he was back with Matilde Cigar Co. and a unique praetorship with La Flor Dominicana. His new company set up a small factory—Tabacalera La Matilde—in La Romana, Dominicana Republic. It served boatloads of cruise ships customers as they docked at the popular tourist town in the southeastern part of the country. The factory produced ...
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