PCA Magazine Show Issue 2021

18 PCA The Magazine | SHOW 2021 PREMIUMCIGARS.ORG Selected Tobacco Aged Byron › All three Aged Byron cigars are special versions of existing cigars that have been aged for either four or five years after rolling. The Byron 19th Century Grand Poemas 2015 Vintage is a 6 x 56 toro extra that uses an Ecuadorian wrapper over an undisclosed binder and fillers from Nicaragua, Peru and undisclosed countries. A Vintage release of the Poemas most recently happened in 2019. The Byron 20th Century Habaneros 2015 Vintage is a 6 x 54 toro extra that uses an Ecuadorian wrapper over a binder from an undisclosed country and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Peru and undisclosed countries. Both cigars have been aged five years after rolling. Slightly less vintage is the Byron 21st Century Elegantes 2016 Vintage, a 6 1/8 x 55 parejo, which uses an Ecuadorian wrapper over a Dominican binder and fillers from Peru and undisclosed countries. It has been aged for four years after rolling. The cigars will come in special humidor boxes made of French white oak on the inside and will include a hygrometer and humidifier. Each box will contain 25 cigars (limit of 200 boxes each) and have an MSRP of $34 per cigar. United Cigars is the U.S. distributor of Selected Tobacco S.A. In the Humidor Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Black is a new collection complementing the existing brand portfolio with a dimensional, layered blend that’s brimming with complexity. Ed Lahmann, senior brand manager for Excalibur said, “Excalibur is a stalwart Honduran brand that continues to withstand the test of time and deliver on its promise of an exceptional smoking experience. With Excalibur Black, we are beginning the next chapter of the brand’s 40-year legacy with a feisty, fuller-bodied offering." Cloaked in a dark and lustrous U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper that lends sweet and savory notes, Excalibur Black is crafted by artisans at the famed HATSA factory in Danli, Honduras. There, they blended an Ecuadoran Sumatra binder with an exceptional combination of spicy Honduran and Nicaraguan ligero tobaccos to deliver a cigar with intriguing notes of molasses, raisins, semisweet chocolate and chili powder. › Excalibur Black Smooth, medium-bodied and multifaceted, the blend is perfectly suited to pairing with port, mezcal and rye whiskey. Excalibur Black will in released in three vitolas (robusto 5 x 50; toro 6 x 52; and No. 1, 7.25 x 54) in 20-count boxes.