In 2013, Viva Republic released the a new line of cigars named Guerrilla Warfare, first in a 4 x 41 petite corona vitola and later in a 5 1/4 x 43 corona size. Sold in boxes of 50, the petite corona vitola was released in April 2013, and is composed of an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper covering double binders from the Dominican Republic and Mexico as well as filler tobaccos from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The cigars are rolled at E. León Jimenes Tabacalera, err La Aurora Cigar Factory, in the Dominican Republic and carry an MSRP of $4, with boxes of 50 selling for $200. Our original news story had this to say about the Guerrilla Warfare blend: The Pennsylvania retailer cited other small cigars like the La Palina Kill Bill and Tatuaje Petite Cazadores as part of the inspiration for his cigar, but noted that Guerrilla Warfare would be different—it would be stronger, a lot stronger. To achieve this strength the Guerrilla Warfare uses a mixture of Brazilian, Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers underneath Dominican and Mexican binders and an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. According to Holly, it took only three tries to get to the final blend. “The purge grades of the ...
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