Since most releases that are shown off at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show are known weeks or months in advance, there are very few times that there are any major surprises. That was not the case in the E.P. Carrillo booth this year, as the company showed off a new project that was kept under wraps until the show. Dubbed Ernesto’s Humidor after company founder Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr., the box holds 30 cigars in a 6 x 54 toro vitola that were said to be blended by Ernesto for his own personal use. The 30 cigars are split into three different sections, with each section holding 10 cigars in three different blends. E.P. Carrillo Ernesto’s Humidor Colorado (6 x 54) — Ecuadorian sumatra wrapper, Nicaragua binder and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos E.P. Carrillo Ernesto’s Humidor Connecticut (6 x 54) — Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, Nicaragua binder and filler tobaccos from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic E.P. Carrillo Ernesto’s Humidor Maduro (6 x 54) —Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, Sumatra binder and filler tobaccos from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic According to the company, only 500 humidors were produced, but that the cigars inside can continue to be ordered until the tobaccos for each specific blend are no long available. Retail ...
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