When Jorge Ahued of STOGIES World Class Cigars in Houston announced his plans to commission a 10-cigar series of lanceros, it became a waiting game to see just which manufacturers would be coming to the party with cigars in hand, and the latest one in the door is Fred Rewey of Nomad Cigar Co, and he’s brought a new blend with him. For the eighth cigar in the STOGIES’ H-Town Lancero series, Rewey crafted a 7 x 38 vitola that uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper—a first for Nomad—along with a Dominican habano binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, with production handled by Tabacalera L&V in the Dominican Republic. It’s a blend that found favor with Ahued, who told halfwheel, “early in the year Fred brought me a few unreleased lancero samples knowing that I’m a big fan of the vitola; after enjoying each and every one of them I realized I just had to have this blend in my H-Town lineup.” The Nomad H-Town Lancero arrived at the Houston store just about a month ago on Nov. 18, carrying a single stick price of $8.50, with 200 boxes of 10 cigars being produced. It joins a lineup that includes cigars ...
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