Tradecraft Gladius Box Press Arrives as a New Shape for the Core Line

Tradecraft Cigars expands its Gladius series this month with a fresh vitola that changes the way the familiar blend presents itself. The Gladius Box Press measures 5.5 inches by 52 ring gauge and takes the form of a box pressed belicoso.

It becomes available on August 22 at the Wooden Indian Tobacco Shop in Havertown Pennsylvania along with Tinder Box Haverford and the related online stores before reaching additional retailers toward the end of September or the start of October.

The cigar is produced at Tabacalera William Ventura in the Dominican Republic. Its recipe stays true to the Gladius foundation with a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper an Ecuadorian Sumatra seed binder and fillers that include Dominican criollo ninety eight ligero Ecuadorian Puntiao Pennsylvania broadleaf and Pennsylvania ligero. The company describes the overall character as full and robust.According to the brand the pressed construction brings out greater intensity from the same leaves. Smokers can expect added body increased spice and stronger chocolate notes when compared with the round sizes already in the lineup. President Rob Blumenthal has called the release the pure expression of what Tradecraft seeks full flavor balance and complexity all in one smoke.

Each stick carries a suggested retail price of $12.65. The addition joins the permanent Gladius roster rather than arriving as a short run project which should allow steady access once the initial exclusive period ends. This new shape gives followers of the line another route into the blend while inviting newcomers to experience a maduro focused Dominican made cigar that leans into concentrated taste.