In the summer of 2015, Dion Giolito gave his fans something they had been clamoring for, a lancero vitola in his most recently released new line, Fume D’Amour. Launched at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Fume D’Amour was based off the company’s Original Documents line but used a different wrapper from Nicaragua and dropped something that is a staple of most cigars: ligero. Using only viso and seco tobaccos from the middle and lower thirds of a tobacco plant, Giolito was able to find a certain set of leaves in AGANORSA’s inventory that delivered both the strength and flavor he was looking for in this new line, which debuted in four sizes: Lagunas (4 1/4 x 42), Viejos (5 x 50), Caprastanios (6 x 56) and Clementes (6 1/2 x 48). In the summer of 2015, Giolito answered the requests for a lancero, bringing the familiar 7 1/2 x 40 size used for the ~hl~ to this line and dubbing it the Juniperos. The new cigar debuted at that year’s IPCPR trade show before shipping in August, and would go onto place #5 in halfwheel’s Top 25 of 2015. Here’s what I said about the Illusione Fume D’Amour Juniperos ...
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