Late last year, Flor de Gonzales announced plans to release a 6 x 60 size in two of the company’s 90 Miles lines. While the 90 Miles 1980 Gordo is in stock at a few places, I have not seen the 90 Miles Reserva Gordo in stock anywhere and internet searches do not show any for purchase. Flor de Gonzales was established by Arnaldo Gonzales, a Cuban native who immigrated to the U.S. in 1980. Gonzales created the company in 1993 with operations originally in the U.S. Today, most of the cigars are made at the company’s factory in Condega, Nicaragua—one of the few factories in the country not in Estelí. In 2010, 90 Miles was introduced, named after the distance between the U.S. and Cuba. The company would add the Reserva Selecta and then the 1980. All three cigar use Ecuadorian wrappers, although each is slightly different. The Gordo will become the fourth vitola of the Reserva Selecta line. It joins a pigtailed No.4 (5 3/8 x 48), Eminente (5 1/2 x 44) and Sublime (6 x 54). Pricing is set at $8.30 per cigar. In addition, the company is introducing the extensions in the form of 2,500 samplers ...
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