In April 2014, Leccia Tobacco announced its third regular production line named Luchador, which debuted in four sizes and featured both packaging and names inspired by lucha libre and the luchador. Later that year, Sam Leccia announced that he would be joining General Cigar Co. following the sale of the Toraño brands, which also went to General. Since then, Leccia has remained relatively quiet, but that changed a month ago when he announced Luchador El Gringo, the follow-up to Luchador. The lines are differentiated by a different color scheme on the band that bears a representation of the masks that luchadores wear : blue and red instead of the green and red found on the original Luchador line. The new El Gringo line is composed of an oscuro wrapper from Nicaragua, a Nicaraguan habano binder and ligero fillers from Nicaragua and Pennsylvania. It is produced at the American Caribbean Tobacco S.A. factory in Nicaragua, the same place Leccia was producing Luchador before the move to General. It debuted earlier this month at the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. There will be four different vitolas of the Luchador El Gringo when it launches in September, all sold in boxes of 21: Luchador El Gringo Chin Music (6 x 48) — ...
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