In 2010, acclaimed winemaker Fred Schrader released two different cigars for a new brand bearing his name, Para Ti and the Schrader Hispañiola Sparky DOCO-EST MMIX-I. Both of were produced at the small Para Ti factory outside the city of Santiago in the Dominican Republic. While the Para Ti debuted in four different vitolas, the Schrader Hispañiola DOCO-EST MMIX-I was sold in just one vitola: a 7 1/2 x 56 salomon that came with a price tag of $26.95. Only 11,500 cigars were produced, each enclosed in a unique wooden coffin in boxes of 10. Although the cigars were not released until 2010, they were actually rolled in late 2009 and incorporate a blend consisting of a 2001 Colorado habana viso wrapper from Honduras, a Dominican criollo ’98 seco binder and a combination of three different Dominican fillers: corojo ligero from 2001, Havana vuelta arriba ligero from 2005, and criollo ’98 viso from 2008. In an email blast, Fred Schrader had this to say about the release: Dear Friends of Schrader, My love affair with cigars started forty-two years ago as a twenty year old, with Gerald Randolph — friend, colleague and mentor in art, wine and cigars. He introduced me to fine Cuban cigars one night ...
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