Fall 2020 PCA Magazine

18 PCA The Magazine | AUTUMN 2020 PREMIUMCIGARS.ORG Crowned Heads Mil DíasMareva ELXX Crowned Heads is offering a limited edition line extension to its recently released Mil Días line. It’s in the form of a 5 1/8 x 42 Mareva named the Mil Días Mareva EL XX. The Mil Días Mareva EL XX consists of an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Peru. The use of Costa Rican and Peruvian tobacco marks a first in the Crowned Heads portfolio. It’s a line that comes out of Tabacalera Pichardo, the company owned by ACE Prime, for whom Crowned Heads handles distribution. The cigars will be packaged in 30-count boxes with a total production of 1,000 boxes. Pricing is set at $8.95 per cigar. In the Humidor Since 2015, HVC Cigars has released a limited edition cigar to coincide with Black Friday. Once again, HVC Cigars will release a cigar to mark the occasion: Black Friday 2020 Limited Edition. The HVC Black Friday 2020 Limited Edition features Aganorsa-grown Nicaraguan tobaccos. According to HVC Cigars, the company went heavier on the Jalapa region, incorporating Aganorsa- grown Corojo ’99 and Criollo ’98 tobaccos for the filler and binder. The filler also features Estelí tobacco from the Chilamate farm, a farm producing some of the strongest tobaccos in the region. The cigar is finished with a Habano Café wrapper. The HVC Black Friday 2020 Limited Edition is available in one size, a 5 5/8 x 46 Corona Gorda. The cigars are packaged in 50-count boxes with a total production of 500 boxes. Pricing is set at $7.50 per cigar. HVC Cigars has also planned a second cigar for Black Friday, the HVC Black Friday Firecracker. That cigar will be distributed by United Cigars. › HVC Black Friday Limited Edition Arturo Fuente Pink Series A rturo Fuente has announced a new limited production line to benefit breast cancer research. Known as the Rare Pinks, the cigars were blended by Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr., who was inspired by his daughter Liana to create the line. Arturo Fuente will donate $13 from the sale of every box to the American Cancer Society—Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. The Rare Pinks are an extension of the Hemingway line and are all figurado shaped. Dimensions and specifications of the Rare Pink have not been disclosed. While Hemingways use a Cameroon wrapper, the Rare Pinks use an Ecuadorian wrapper from the Oliva Tobacco Company’s La Meca farm. The blend also incorporates Nicaraguan tobacco. ›