In May 2014, Crowned Heads released the first line in its history not produced by Ernesto Perez-Carillo’s factory in the Dominican Republic. Named Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2014, the cigars were the first to be produced at My Fathers Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua and featured a Ecuadorian habano oscuro wrapper over Nicaraguan tobacco used for the binder and filler. It was the first in the company’s new Las Calaveras line, a limited edition series that would return annually, albeit in different form each year. As with last year’s release, the Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2015 was specifically inspired by La Calavera Catrina, a zinc etching by José Guadalupe Posada: The image depicts a female skeleton dressed only in a hat, and has become an icon of the Mexican Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. The holiday focuses upon gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember those who have died. Beginning with the Edicion Limitada 2014, Las Calaveras will be an annual release that is a respectful homage to those who have passed away in the year before, and is intended to be a celebration of their lives and remembrances, rather than a mourning or a symbol of sadness and death. Each ...
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