Last week, La Aurora Cigars announced they are adding a 6 x 54 limited production box-press vitola as a line extension to both their Guillermo Leon Signature and Fernando Leon Family Reserve lines. The line extensions will debut at the 2013 IPCPR in Las Vegas. First information on this announcement was reported in the 6/25/13 Cigar Insider and on Cigar Aficionado.
The packaging of these cigars is following an on-going trend we are seeing in the cigar industry – namely packaging two blends in a single box. The box-press Guillermo Leon and Fernando Leon cigars will be packaged together in a box of 16 cigars – with 8 cigars of each blend. Production is being limited to 1,000 boxes for a total of 8,000 cigars in each blend.
The Guillermo Leon Signature line made its debut three years ago. The cigar gets its name from La Aurora Cigars’ president, Guillermo Leon. The Guillermo Leon Signature finished as our #25 Cigar for 2010.
The Fernando Leon Family Reserve is named for the late Don Fernando Leon, who was the father Guillermo Leon. Fernando Leon also served as the head of La Aurora Cigars. The story behind the cigar is that Fernando Leon had a cigar that was his own personal blend. The cigar was originally a corona vitola and he would share this with the people that were closest to him. The Family Reserve is based on that blend.
The box-press vitolas mark the first box-press cigars from the La Aurora Cigars factory – which is based in the Dominican Republic. For completeness we include blend information as well as all of the vitolas made in these lines.
Guillermo Leon Signature
Blend Profile
The Guillermo Leon Signature is a multi-national blend with tobaccos from six countries and three continents.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Vuelta Arriba
Binder: (Double) Cameroon and Dominican Corojo
Fillers: Peru, Brazil, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.
Vitolas Available
The box-press becomes the seventh vitola made in the Guillermo Leon Signature line:
Box-Press (Toro): 6 x 54 (Limited Production)
Corona: 5 1/2 x 42
Corona Gorda 6 x 47
Belicoso 6 1/4 x 52
Gran Toro 6 x 58
Robusto 5 x 50
15 Minute Break: 3 1/2 x 42
Fernando Leon Family Reserve
Blend Profile
The Fernando Leon Family Reserve is primarily a Dominican blend, however it also has Peruvian and Brazilian tobacco in the filler.
Wrapper: Dominican Corojo
Binder: Dominican Corojo
Filler: Peruvian, Brazilian, and Dominican
Vitolas Available
Except for the Guillermo Leon Signature 15 Minute Break, the Fernando Leon Family Reserve comes in the same vitolas as the Guillermo Leon Signature Series.
Box-Press (Toro): 6 x 54 (Limited Production)
Corona: 5 1/2 x 42
Corona Gorda: 6 x 47
Belicoso: 6 1/4 x 52
Gran Toro: 6 x 58
Robusto: 5 x 50
