For its sophomore release, Danny Moya and Nelson Ruiz of MoyaRuiz Cigars returned to Erik Espinosa’s La Zona Cigar Factory and their love of games, this time using a poker term after borrowing from dominoes for their debut cigar, La Jugada. The Rake, announced in April 2015, gets its name from the term for the fee taken by the card room for operating a poker game, Moya explained in a press release, adding “you gotta pay to play!” It’s billed as a fairly strong cigar, using a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan fillers, including four ligeros, two of which come from the Estelí region and two from Jalapa. The Rake is being released in four sizes, two of which are round, Take (6 x 52, $10.95) and Vig (6 x 60, $11.75); while Fix (5 5/8 x 46, $9.50) and Cut (5 x 52, $10.25) are box-pressed. All of them continue the poker theme for the vitola names. Cigar Reviewed: MoyaRuiz The Rake Cut Country of Origin: Nicaragua Factory: La Zona Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Size: 5 Inches Ring Gauge: 52 Vitola: Robusto MSRP: $10.25 (Boxes of 20, $205) Release Date: June 27, 2015 Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production Number of Cigars Smoked for ...
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