HVC Hot Cake Maduro Half Corona
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HVC Hot Cake Maduro Half Corona

HVC Cigars, founded by Reinier Lorenzo, produces its cigars in Estelí, Nicaragua, at Fábrica de Tabacos HVC S.A. Hot Cake was introduced in 2020 as a regular production line after the limited Pan Caliente release.

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West Tampa Tobacco White Toro
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West Tampa Tobacco White Toro

West Tampa Tobacco Co. launched in 2022 under Rick Rodriguez, former CAO blender, and Gus Martinez. The name honors West Tampa, where Rick’s Cuban grandparents settled as rollers in the 1950s after leaving Havana. White was one of two debut regular production lines, shipping in June 2022 from Garmendia Cigar Co.

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Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Presidente
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Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Presidente

The Presidente is the 6½ × 50 size. Early Don Carlos production was limited to a couple of vitolas. The Presidente released around 1997, when the line grew into a full size range. It remains a regular production cigar from Tabacalera A. Fuente.

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Plasencia Reserva Original
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Plasencia Reserva Original

A Nicaraguan puro made entirely from OCIA-certified organic leaf grown on family farms in Estelí and Jalapa and aged five years after fermentation. The Corona (6¼ × 44) was one of the original vitolas released with the line at the 2017 IPCPR show.

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