At this year’s InterTabac fair in Dortmund, Nicaraguan manufacturer Plasencia put on display the next entry in its Chinese zodiac series: El Año de la Cabra, the Year of the Goat. It is a large perfecto measuring roughly 6 1/4 inches with a 60 ring gauge, a shape that has become a constant of this annual collection.
Company representatives indicated that a formal announcement, with full blend and pricing details, will follow shortly. Based on the numbering visible on the boxes shown at the fair, the run is expected to be 6,000 boxes of ten cigars — a production figure comparable to earlier editions in the series.
InterTabac remains the place where most premium manufacturers reveal their releases for the season ahead, and zodiac series have meanwhile become a collecting category of their own. For cigars available right now, see the cigar category at Mister Tabaco.
Source: halfwheel