Back in 2013 Pinar Del Rio released a new series for their Flores y Rodriguez line, the Exclusivo. It was 10 blends that were to be released to 10 separate retailers, with each retailer receiving a specific and unique size. Towards the end of the year when I did the original review of the Short Perfecto from Atlantic Cigar Co., only six retailers had been announced. Almost two full years later, Pinar Del Rio’s site still only lists six retailers, which leads me to believe those last four sizes of the blend were never released. Having run across the last sample I had of the Short Perfecto and realizing it had been so long, I thought it was about time for a redux. Looking back, this is what I originally had to say about the cigar: While the idea of a single store release isn’t new, the idea of a blend that gets to be tweaked into a unique version for a single store release is definitely fun. Atlantic’s Short Perfecto is a shape and size that I enjoy because it’s an hour and a half smoke that is a little different from your everyday Robusto. While reading through my description of ...
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