Since 2011, Federal Cigar has commemorated its anniversary by releasing custom blends and line extensions from various cigar manufactures. Earlier this month, we learned that the first—and perhaps only—anniversary release this year would by by the Oliva Cigar Company, a blend that was supposed to be used for one of their Master Blend projects before being scrapped for some reason that has either been lost to time or has not been revealed. We published the details about the release earlier this month: Later this month, a 6 x 52 box-pressed torpedo will leave the Oliva aging vault for New Hampshire-based Federal Cigar. The Federal Cigar 93rd Anniversary Reserve No. 2 is the latest in a growing line of limited edition exclusives for the store, although this particular cigar differs in that it was originally destined for a much different project. “(It’s) a prototype Master Blends project that never came to fruition,” said Rick Gadway, owner of Federal Cigar. Gadway is referring to the Oliva Master Blends, the flagship line of the Oliva Cigar Co. and a series that has not undergone an update since 2006. “About 18 months ago TABOLISA (the Oliva factory) began to reorganize their aging rooms in Nicaragua, said ...
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