At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, L’Atelier Imports showcased a new offering called L’Atelier Identite. Identite is French for Identity and with the case of this cigar, it is appropriate as it showcases the tobacco that L’Atelier Imports has become best known for. The Identite is a cigar that features Sancti Spiritus tobacco for the wrapper, binder, […]
Cigar News: Surrogates Crystal Baller 646 Launches at 2016 IPCPR
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A second size has been introduced to the Surrogates Crystal Baller blend. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, L’Atelier Imports introduced Crystal Baller 646 – a 6 1/2 x 46 box-pressed Corona Gorda. Surrogates Crystal Baller was one of the first four offerings that was introduced under L’Atelier Imports Surrogates line. As with each of […]
Cigar News: La Mission de L’Atelier Adds Three New Line Extensions
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When L’Atelier Imports first unveiled its La Mission de L’Atelier line in 2015, the plan was to have seven vitolas. The series has now been rounded out as three new sizes were added: the 1982, 1999, and 2003. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, the new 1982 6 1/8 x 52 box-pressed torpedo was introduced. […]
Cigar Review: L’Atelier LAT SEC
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Last Fall, L’Atelier Imports announced its first regional limited edition release called the L’Atelier LAT SEC. As the name indicates, this was a release that was done to the select L’Atelier retailers in the Southeastern United States. In addition to being the company’s first regional release, it also introduced the first box-pressed cigar to carry […]
Agile Cigar Review: L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER15
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Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
Cigar News: L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER16 Size Announced on Cigar Chat
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L’Atelier Imports partners K.C. Johnson, Dan Welsh, and Sean “Casper” Johnson were guests on the 3/28/16 edition of Cigar Chat and announced the size for the L’Atelier Extension de la Racine ER16 release. This year, the ER16 will be a Robusto measuring 4 3/4 x 50. Like the previous installments of the Extension de la […]
Cigar News: L’Atelier Côte d’Or La Tache Coming This Spring
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This April, L’Atelier Imports release a new limited edition project called La Tache. This follows-up L’Atelier’s 2015 limited edition called Côte d’Or. La Tache is a cigar that is based on the Côte d’Or blend, but with a different size than the Côte d’Or. Details about La Tache were reported by New Havana Cigars – the retail outlet owned […]
Cigar News: Surrogates Animal Cracker AC550 Coming in March
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Next month, L’Atelier Imports will introduce a new line extension to its Surrogates Animal Cracker blend. The Surrogates Animcal Cracker AC550 will add a traditional 5 x 50 sized offering into the popular line.The AC550 becomes the third vitola based on the Animal Cracker blend. The announcement of this new size was reported by New Havana Cigars […]
Cigar News: La Mission de L’Atelier 1955 Coming This Spring
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This Spring, L’Atelier Imports will add a fourth size to its La Mission de L’Atelier line. The La Mission de L’Atelier 1955 will add 6 3/4 x 44 lonsdale into the La Mission line. The new 1955 size was reported by New Havana Cigars – the retail outlet owned by Dan Welsh who also is a partner […]
Cigar Review: L’Atelier Côte d’Or (2015)
William Cooper Reviews 3 Comments 2.5 - Try One, 88-90, L’Atelier Imports, Review
In 2015, L’Atelier Imports, introduced a new limited edition cigar called L’Atelier Côte d’Or. This is L’Atelier’s second limited cigar release following the L’Atelier Extension de la Racine (L’Atelier Imports’ annual limited edition cigar made available only to retailers that attend the IPCPR Trade Show). With the Côte d’Or, it features two key tobacco components. First up, it incorporates Pelo de […]