In 1990, Paul Garmirian created his own cigar company. In a move that we probably won’t see ever happen again, in addition to his own cigars, he launched a book, The Gourmet Guide to Cigars. As has become common in this business, when an anniversary is celebrated, there is a cigar to go along with it. That happened in 2005 with the Paul Garmirian 15th Anniversary—a 10-vitola line—and in 2010 with the 20th Anniversary, which included eight different cigars rolled over various years. For 2015 and its 25th anniversary, the company released another anniversary cigar, but in a bit different fashion. It was limited to just a single release in the company’s 6 x 52 toro size known as Connoisseur. The company sent out some info about the cigar to retailers: PG 25th took over 2 years to develop Fully fermented wrapper fits between other lines For us, this is more than just another cigar. It was something in between our lines that was missing. We made hints and suggestions, graphs and charts, and the artists in the Dominican nodded silently. We waited until all the stars were aligned. This particular wrapper needed an extra 9 months of fermentation. Even that description ...
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