At the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Meya Selva Cigars introduced the box-pressed vitola in the company’s Flor de Selva Maduro line. Named the Grand Pressé, the new regular production cigar is a 6 x 56 toro extra that is packaged in boxes of 10—a first for the line, whose other four vitolas are all sold in boxes of 20—and carries a retail price of $11.75 each. “After assessing our portfolio, and analyzing the field as to what niche we had yet to cover, we came to the determination that a ‘prensado’ was the natural choice to round out our maduro collection, especially due to to the enormous success of our Toro Maduro, released at last year’s IPCPR trade show in New Orleans, LA.” said Gabriel Alvarez, U.S. director of sales at Flor de Selva, in a press release. In terms of blend, the Flor de Selva Grand Pressé Maduro utilizes the same tobacco that is used in the rest of the Flor de Selva Maduro line: a habano wrapper from Honduras covering a Brazilian mata fina binder and filler leaves hailing from the Jamastran region of Honduras. With the addition of the Grand Pressé, there are now five ...
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