The E.P. Carrillo Allegiance, the fourth installment of the Perez-Carillo Family Series, is now heading to stores. Allegiance was launched at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. At the time, the final packaging and banding had not been announced. Last month, the final packaging was shown off as the bands of the […]
PCA 2022 Report: E.P. Carrillo
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2022 was probably the biggest trade show in terms of new products for E.P. Carrillo since 2016. There were two significant themes going on at E.P. Carrillo. For many years, E.P. Carrillo’s factory, Tabacalera La Alianza, has produced cigars for other manufacturers. This year the tables are turning as owner Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. has blended […]
Cigar Review: E.P. Carrillo TAA 2021
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Since 2018, E.P. Carrillo has participated in the annual Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series of cigars. After a couple of line extensions in 2019 and 2020 that were done for the TAA, 2021 saw E.P. Carrillo deliver a new blend to the series. It’s a cigar simply dubbed the E.P. Carrillo TAA 2021. […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo Platinum Bash Launched at PCA 2022
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As a part of the celebration of E.P. Carrillo founder Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr‘s 70th birthday, the company has created a three-cigar sampler known as the Platinum Bash. The Platinum Bash will feature three unreleased blends, and consumers will get a chance to select one of the blends as a future E.P. Carrillo limited edition release. […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo Allegiance to Make Debut at 2022 PCA Trade Show
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On the eve of the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo has announced another cigar being made outside its own factory. The cigar is called the E.P. Carrillo Allegiance, and it’s being made by Oliva Cigar Company. Cigar Aficionado has reported that the Allegiance will be a limited production cigar, with 5,000 […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo to Release Cigar for 2022 TAA Exclusive series
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For the fifth year in a row, E.P. Carrillo will release an exclusive cigar for Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) retailers. The E.P. Carillo TAA 2022 will be a part of the 2022 TAA Exclusive Series. Last month, the cigar was announced at the TAA’s annual convention. The cigar consists of an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper […]
Cigar Review: E.P. Carrillo Short Run Retro 2021 Extended Play
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From 2010 to 2016, there were two limited edition cigars from E.P. Carrillo that were staples each year – the Edición Limitada and the Short Run Series. The Edición Limitada was an annual premium release featuring a different blend, while the Short Run Series (until 2016 when it was added to regular production for a […]
Prime Time Special Edition 105: E.P. Carrillo Mount Rushmore
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On Special Edition 105 we take a journey back to the cigar version of Mount Rushmore. This is the fourth installment of this series. Previously, we have done Drew Estate, Rocky Patel, and Davidoff editions This time Bear and Coop will be looking at their candidates from E.P. Carrillo to fill the four spots on […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo TAA 2021 Released
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E.P. Carrillo’s fourth exclusive release for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) has reached member retailers. This one is dubbed simply as the E.P. Carrillo TAA 2021. The E.P. Carrillo TAA 2021 comes in one size – a 6 x 52 soft box-pressed Toro. The blend consists of a Nicaraguan wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and a […]
PCA 2021 Report: E.P. Carrillo
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E.P. Carrillo has become the first manufacturer to exhibit two consecutive years as Cigar Aficionado’s (CA) #1 Cigar of the Year, the industry’s most prestigious award – namely because there wasn’t any trade show in 2020. Still E.P. Carrillo has definitely been on fire the past few years. This year the focus was around the […]