Co-Owners Luciano Meirelles and Tiago Splitter have announced that Ace Prime Cigars will be rebranded as Luciano Cigars and start their own independent US distribution. Meirelles says that company will now be fully vertically-integrated company from "seed to smoke." This news comes several days after the announced split between ACE Prime and Crowned Heads.
ACE Price has announced they are making their limited edition cigar Luciano The Dreamer regular production. The company said it was originally a limited edition because they weren't sure if a lancero would sell, but due to demand, it is going to be regular production.
Aganorsa Leaf is bringing not one, but two new sizes of their Aniversario Maduro line to PCA and making one of them exclusive for attendees. The blend remains the same as least year, using 100% Aganorsa grown tobacco including their proprietary Shade Grown Corojo Maduro wrapper. The new sizes are a 6 x 54 box-pressed Toro, and a 5 3/8 x 48 box pressed Short Churchill. The boxes and bands have also been updated to showcase the Aganorsa Leaf logo, replacing the Casa Fernandez name.
Today, Aganorsa Leaf announced a new size in the Lunatic Torch line: IMAGINE, a robusto measuring 5 ½ x 50. This new size joins the joins the 6 ½ x 52 Visionary, 6 ½ x 60 Dreamlands, and 4 ¾ x 70 Mad Folk vitolas. Like the rest of the line, IMAGINE has a shaggy foot, exposing the binder for a half inch at the foot of the cigar and allowing the smoker to see what the blend is like without the Corojo 99 wrapper.
Aganorsa Leaf has announced a new addition to their Aniversario Series, the Aniversario Connecticut will debut this summer at the PCA Tradeshow in Las Vegas. The blend uses thes same Aganorsa Leaf tobaccos grown in Jalapa and Esteli as the corojo and maduro versions, but this will be wrapped in an Ecuadorian Connecticut leaf. The Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario Connecticut will comes in two sizes: a 5 x 54 box-pressed Gran Robusto and a 6 1⁄4 x 52 boxed pressed Toro. Both comes in 10-count boxes. The new cigar will be a regular production cigar, although exclusive to PCA attendees and Aganorsa Select Accounts for 2023.
ACE Prime announced a new PCA exclusive cigar this weekend, "The Sergeant." This new cigar will come in one size, a 5 x 58 double robusto and is "dedicated to the heroes who fight in anonymity, the ones who self sacrifice out of deep-rooted honor, regardless of recognition or acclaim."
For the first time in five years, Aganorsa Leaf is adding a new size to the original JFR line: Mi Favorito. The new size measures 5 x 70 and, like the rest of the line, has a thick pigtail. Mi Favorito will be offered in both the Corojo and Maduro blends.
Aganorsa Leaf has announced a new size in their Supreme Leaf line, Supreme Leaf Perfecto. The blend uses the same entirely Aganorsa Leaf tobaccos grown on the company's farms in Nicaragua and comes in the same vibrant packaging as the original release. The Perfecto is Supreme Leaf’s seventh iteration. The cigar will measure 6 x 54 Perfecto in a traditional perfecto shape. Unlike previous editions, this release will be available only to Aganorsa Leaf Select Retail Partners who will each be allotted 10 boxes.
Supreme Leaf is back, and this time in a fatter robusto size. This limited edition cigar is blended with 100% Aganorsa-grown tobacco and is one of the company's most sought-after cigars. The new size is a 5 x 54 box-pressed robusto and it is the same blend as the previous four sizes and comes in the same bright, vibrant packaging.
Aganorsa Leaf has announced a new addition to their Guardian of the Farm line: Aganorsa Leaf Guardian of the Farm Cerberus. Unlike previous versions, named after actual dogs on the farms in Nicaragua, this one comes from the mythical three headed dog that stood watch at the gates of Hades.