Jesus Fuego’s personal and company Facebook pages were busy Tuesday morning as he posted pictures of his latest project, Americana. Fuego did not include much information about the cigar’s details in the posts, but told halfwheel that the blend starts with a Pennsylvania sun grown broadleaf wrapper, which sits on top of a Cuban-seed corojo binder from Costa Rica and a filler blend of Honduran corojo and Nicaraguan criollo. He said that he’s been wanting to work with American grown tobacco for some time, and that he’s had projects in the works for over three years that would use those leaves. The J. Fuego Americana will be released in four sizes: a 5 x 50 robusto, 6 x 54 toro, 7 x 58 grande and the popular 5 x 44 Originals size that come in the paper-wrapped five-packs. The other three sizes will all come in twelve-count boxes. The cigars have been completed and are currently resting as the boxes are being finished. He said he expects to have the Americana in stores by late March or early April. Pricing is still to be decided on the project, but Fuego said it will be priced among the highest of his current offerings. ”This is for people who ...
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