As part of its new releases for 2015, Altadis U.S.A. is celebrating its farming operations in Connecticut with an extension to its well-known Montecristo White Series, a cigar called the Vintage Connecticut. Altadis U.S.A. is the only cigar manufacturer with its own farms in Connecticut, a point it emphasized as part of the cigar’s announcement. The Gershel Farm in Somers, Conn. is home to huge spreads of shade-grown Connecticut tobacco, and the company also has a significant number of fields that produce Connecticut broadleaf. For this release, Altadis U.S.A. tapped into a supply of 2008 vintage shade grown Connecticut wrapper, while making some tweaks to the Montecristo White Series blend to create a unique cigar. The first of a couple key differences between the regular Montecristo White and this Vintage Connecticut extension is the wrapper itself. It comes from the company’s farms in Connecticut, whereas the regular White Series comes from Ecuador. While the binders in both the regular Montecristo White and this release are Nicaraguan, this version adds Peruvian tobacco to the filler. The cigar is being released in three sizes: No. 2 (6 x 50 belicoso, $12.50) No. 3 (5 1/2 x 44, $10.50) and Double Corona (6 1/4 ...
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