At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, EP Carrillo will add a fourth size to its Pledge line – the Lonsdale Limitada. The company confirmed the new size on its website. The E.P. Carrillo Pledge Lonsdale Limitada is a 6 1/2 x 43 box-pressed vitola. Cigar Aficionado reports the production will be […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo to Introduce New Look for INCH Line
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The ten year anniversary of the E.P. Carrillo INCH line is this year. This summer the company is introducing a new blend under the line called INCH Nicaragua, and it is giving the other two blends in the line a new modern look. The E.P. Carrillo INCH Natural and Maduro lines will receive a new […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo INCH Nicaragua Announced
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E.P. Carrillo has a new cigar under its INCH line known as INCH Nicaragua. It is not only an all-Nicaraguan E.P. Carrillo cigar, but its an E.P. Carrillo cigar being made in Nicaragua at the Plasencia factory. The company posted an announcement on its website and provided details to Cigar Aficionado. The INCH Nicaragua marks […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo Adds Encore El Futuro
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E.P. Carrillo has announced it is adding a 5 x 50 Robusto size to its Encore line known as El Futuro. El Futuro is the fifth regular production line, and the first regular production line extension since Encore’s launch in 2018. The tobacco used for the Encore was aged and cured in something called tercios. […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo Short Run Retro 2022 Announced
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E.P. Carrillo has announced its E.P. Carrillo Short Run Retro 2022 release. It’s the second Short Run release since the series returned in 2016 after a five-year hiatus. The E.P. Short Run Retro 2022 is a maduro cigar. The company told Cigar Aficionado the blend features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, an Ecuadorian binder, and a […]
2021 Cigar of the Year Countdown (Coop’s List): #16 – E.P. Carrillo Pledge Prequel
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“The E.P. Carrillo got a lot of accolades over the past few months – and with good reason. This is a fantastic offering by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.” Wrapper: Connecticut Havana Binder: Ecuadorian Filler: Nicaraguan Country of Origin: Dominican Republic Factory: Tabacalera La Alianza Prequel: 5 x 50 Price: $10.75 Sponsor: No Samples Provided for Initial […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo and RoMa Craft Tobac Team Up for Cigar
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This week, some information came out about a joint project between E.P. Carrillo and RoMa Craft Tobac. The project is the first of RoMa Craft Tobac’s Quinquagenario project, a series of planned limited edition cigars to commemorate the 50th birthdays of co-owners Skip Martin (2022) and Michael Rosales (2026) as well as Nica Sueno factory […]
Agile Cigar Review: E.P. Carrillo Pledge Prequel
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Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It also might be a blend […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 105 – E.P. Carrillo Mount Rushmore
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Tonight, 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 this historic momument […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo Pledge Apogee Makes Debut at 2021 PCA
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At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo launched a third size to its Pledge line known as the E.P. Carrillo Pledge Apogee. The Apogee was released prior to the show, but the size of the cigar was not unveiled until the show opened. The Apogee is a 6 1/4 x 58 […]