In late 2011, it became known that E.P. Carrillo was planning an extensions to its limited Elenecos line, Elencos Oscuro. That December, the company shipped a handful of retailers a single box of the 6 x 54 Elites size as a soft launch for the line. The following year came and went and without an Elencos Oscuro and eventually the company would privately tell inquiring minds that the release had been cancelled. The Elencos line traces its history back to late 2010, when E.P. Carrillo released its second Edición Limitada, a 6 x 54 double robusto that was limited to just 10,000 cigars. While the first Edición Limitada had its detractors, the second garnered much more critical acceptance, including a 91 from halfwheel in December 2010. As such, fans of the cigar were hoping that it would be released in greater numbers, with rumors starting to emerge that a wider release would in fact be coming. Early in 2011, E.P. Carrillo announced the Elencos, which took its name from what he named the vitola in the 2010 Edición Limitada release, with the cigars arriving on shelves that April. As it turns out, the regular Elencos was a limited release. A company spokesperson ...
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