Pete Johnson’s newest release is a cigar inspired by his love of wine. The cigar is named Le Vignoble, which translates from French as the vineyard, and it is a 6 x 38 corona especial which according to Johnson is a “slightly milder version of an Especiales” that incorporates Nicaraguan tobaccos used in the binder and filler covered with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper. The release is the first new project Pete Johnson has produced at the El Rey de los Habanos factory since 2009. The suggested retail price is $12 each, with bundles of 10 selling for $120. Johnson had this to say about the project: I’ve been neglecting the Miami factory for years by not creating any new cigars with them since the Cojonu 2009. After watching harvest in 2014 I decided that I wanted to make a secret small batch project made in Miami. Me being a huge fan of French wine and having so many friends in Bordeaux that live their lives in the vineyards, it was fitting to pay homage to them with a cigar named Le Vignoble(the vineyard in French). Although I have a few other projects planned to release from Miami in 2016, I wanted to release ...
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