Seeing PDR Cigars at the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in New Orleans brought things full circle for me; I attended my first show in 2010, also in New Orleans, and PDR, then known as Pínar del Río Cigars, was still an up-and-coming brand and factory that was just starting to really break through into a significant cigar company. Five years later, and the company has a sizable booth and steady traffic for its own products, plus an impressive and growing list of contract clients that has PDR Cigars present in nearly every corner of the show floor. Flores y Rodriguez Connecticut Valley Reserve The Flores y Rodriguez Connecticut Valley Reserve had the spotlight in the PDR Cigars booth, a new blend that will be out in November in four sizes, Robusto (5 x 52, $16), Belicoso (5 1/2 x 54, $17), Grand Toro (6 x 54, $18) and Figurado (6 1/2 x 52, $19). Only 1,800 boxes are being produced. The cigar starts with a seven-year-old Connecticut broadleaf maduro, followed by a dual binder, one leaf from Jalapa in Nicaragua and the other from Ecuador. Under that is Nicaraguan criollo ’98 from Condega and corojo 2006 from the ...
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