In Feburary 2014, Epic Cigars officially launched with two different lines, the Corojo Reserva incorporating a Ecuadorian corojo wrapper and the Maduro Reserva which uses a uses a Brazilian ariparaca. Internally, the two blends are the same, using a Dominican olor binder along with fillers of Dominican piloto cubano, deco and ligero. Shortly after the launch, the blend of the Maduro Reserva line was changed, swapping out the Dominican olor binder for a Cameroon binder and adding some Nicaraguan viso into the filler. In addition, Epic added a Habano line in June 2014 incorporating a habano wrapper from Ecuador and a slightly revised internal blend. Both the Corojo Reserva and Maduro Reserva lines launched in three original vitolas while the Habano line debuted in four sizes, but Epic added a 6 x 60 Gordo to the Corojo Reserva line in June 2014, along with a 7 1/4 x 40 Lancero vitola in the Maduro Reserva line in July 2015. Epic’s Dean Parsons had this to say about his company’s origins. Back in 2010 while in the DR I began to research .com’s and trademark names related to cigars. Although there were alot (sic) of cigar related .com’s available, upon researching the names trademark I found that many ...
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