There’s a new L’Atelier Imports cigar coming and like so many before it, the inspiration comes from Bordeaux. The company will release La Mission du L’Atelier (the mission of the workshop) at next month’s IPCPR Trade Show & Convention, a cigar inspired by Château La Mission Haut-Brion, a French winery located southeast of Bordeaux in the Pessac-Léognan region. The cigar will use a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan fillers including Sancti Spiritus leaf—all of which were grown by the García family of My Father, who also is producing the cigars at My Father Cigars S.A. Pete Johnson, one of the partners in L’Atelier, told halfwheel that it is the strongest release for the brand so far. La Mission will debut in the same three sizes as the original LAT line: 1959 (4 3/4 x 52, $8), 1989 (5 5/8 x 54, $9) and 2009 (6 1/2 x 56, $10). There is also at least four more sizes planned. Johnson explained that the years were chosen for the vitola names as they correspond to when the winery received 100-point ratings from Robert Parker, something that has occurred seven times to date with the other ratings taking place in 1955, 1982 and 2000. Johnson originally said if there was to be another 100-point ...
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