Late last month, Fox Cigar Bar surprised everyone when the Gilbert, Az. store quietly announced it had landed an Illusione exclusive, Sin Cinta. While the store has a track record of landing exclusives, Illusione has a reputation for not doing them, with a notable exception being the Illusione Burn, which was made for Burn by Rocky Patel. Brooks Whittington had the details last month. A limited edition Illusione is heading to Fox Cigar Bar. On Monday, the Gilbert, Az.-based store will begin selling the Illusione Sin Cinta. Sin cinta, which translates into tapeless or no band, is a predictably unbanded 6 x 52 toro limited to 50 cabinets of 50 cigars.Sin Cinta is a Nicaraguan puro using a corojo wrapper from Jalapa and fillers from both Estelí and Jalapa. It also uses double binders: a corojo ’98 from Jalapa and criollo ’98 from Estelí. The cigars were rolled in November at TABSA, the same factory response for Rothchildes and the recent batches of Singularé.Pricing is set at $8.99 per cigar or $400.00 per box. The cigar will be sold locally beginning on Jan. 27 and will not be available for phone orders until Feb. 3, although there is a wait list. The ...
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