Earlier this year, a new churchill vitola in the My Father Cigars core line began showing up at Thompson Cigar, the Tampa, Fla. retailer who is best known for its online presence and rather persistent marketing. While My Father Cigars declined to provide details about the cigar, it was began appearing in August in a 7 x 50 vitola packed 10 to a box, with a price of $108 per box or $10.80 per cigar. As you might notice, it’s a bit thicker than than the traditional Cuban churchill vitola, which has a 47 ring gauge, though the length is just about spot on, as the Cuban churchill measures 178 mm in length, or 7.00787 inches. It’s an interesting addition to the My Father core line, which is full of popular and standard vitolas, including the No. 1 (5 1/5 x 52) No. 2 (5 1/2 x 54 belicoso), No. 3 (6 x 49), No. 4 (7 1/2 x 38), No. 5 (6 x 46), Toro Gordo (6 x 60) and the two cedar wrapped cigars, the Cedro Deluxe Cervantes Double Corona (6 /12 x 44) and Cedro Deluxe Eminente (5 3/5 x 46). There’s also been a store exclusive Corona ...
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