In March of 2013, RoMa Craft Tobac released a new cigar called the Fomorian, which used the internal blend of the CroMagnon EMH while replacing the normal Connecticut broadleaf wrapper with a candela leaf from Ecuador. Only 250 of the original Fomorians were released, and they were only available to attendees of the D.C. Cigar Tweet-Up. Fast forward to January of this year, when the company announced that the Fomorian would be produced again for the D.C. Cigar Tweet-up, this time in much greater numbers and at a slightly higher price point. We covered the news in a news story back in January: RoMa Craft Tobac will decuple the release size of the CroMagnon Fomorian for this year. Decuple, increasing by a factor of 10, is not a common activity in the cigar business, but given that the last year’s release of the candela-wrapped EMH was only 10 boxes, nothing is quite standard with this release. Earlier today, Michael Rosales of RoMa Craft Tobac tweeted a picture of the upcoming cigar. For the Fomorian, RoMa Craft Tobac replaces the Connecticut broadleaf wrapper normally found on the 5 x 56 CroMagnon EMH with an Ecuadorian Connecticut candela wrapper. Pricing is set identical ...
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