FDG Cigars, the company also known as Flor de Gonzalez, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with two limited edition cigars of the same name, as the FDG Cigars 20 Aniversario is slated to be unveiled at this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. Yadi Gonzalez Vargas told halfwheel that the anniversary commemorates when her father, Arnaldo Gonzalez, was approved by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to begin manufacturing cigars at the company’s factory. The cigars pay homage to the first two cigars every made by Flor de Gonzalez, the Gold Series, which used Connecticut and broadleaf wrappers, though this new release will have different flavor and strength profiles. Gonzalez calls the Connecticut version mild to medium, very creamy with “tons of flavor,” using an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper grown on the company’s plantation that has been aged for eight years in preparation for this project. Both the binder and filler are Nicaraguan. It will be released in three sizes, a Robusto (5 1/2 x 50, MSRP $9.60), Toro (6 1/2 x 54, $10.10) and Torpedo (6 1/2 x 52, $10.60). The broadleaf version uses a Connecticut grown maduro wrapper, again with Nicaraguan binder and filler to create a medium to full-bodied smoke. ...
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