When it comes to limited edition cigar series, few have reached the level and longevity of the Camacho Liberty Series. The line was launched in 2002 by the previous owners of the Camacho brand, the Eiroa family, who released 25,000 cigars across five vitolas as a celebration of the freedom they found in the United States. It became an annual release appearing on store shelves generally ahead of the Independence Day holiday, occasionally coming in multiple vitolas but since 2005 it has stuck to a vitola that is synonymous with the brand, the 11/18 perfecto vitola, a 6 x 48/54/48 figurado that gets its name from the birthday of Christian Eiroa’s mother, November 18. For the 14th installment of the cigar, Camacho once again used the 11/18 vitola and had the cigar released ahead of July 4th, but took the cigar in a completely new direction by using all Nicaraguan tobacco. It’s not the first time that Nicaraguan tobacco has been used in the blend, though it usually also includes tobaccos from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Honduras, and has also used Cameroon and reportedly even pre-embargo Cuban tobacco in 2004. In total, there have been 15 different releases of ...
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