Dominican cigar maker Casa Carrillo has begun shipping its new Ascend cigar to retailers, the latest regular-production addition to the Perez-Carrillo line. The blend pairs an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper with a Nicaraguan binder from the Estelí region and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos grown from Criollo 98 and Corojo 2012 seeds.
The release is built around the idea of a progressive climb, reflected in its three available sizes: Saddle (5 x 50, robusto), Ridge (6 x 52, toro) and Peak (6 1/4 x 58, gordo), priced between $12.75 and $14.95 per cigar. The cigars are rolled at the Casa Carrillo factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic, and come packaged in cream-colored boxes of 20. The launch, first shown to retailers at the PCA trade show earlier this year, was delayed several months due to a box-production issue.
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