Victor Vitale of Legacy Brands was a guest on the 6/3/14 edition of Cigar Chat and broke news of a new release coming under the Tortuga brand. The Tortuga 215 Coyote Negro will introduce a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper blend to the line and will be available in two sizes. A pre-release of one of […]
Legacy Brands by Victor Vitale has announced a line extension to its Tortuga 215 Reserva line. The Tortuga 215 Reserva Cedro Belicoso becomes the second of three planned “Cedro” line extensions to the 215 line. Back in November, the first of these three cedro line extensions, the Tortuga 215 Reserva Cedro No. 5 was announced, […]
Victor Vitale, owner of Legacy Brands was a special guest star on Episode 79 of the Stogie Geeks and announced a new vitola to the Tortuga 215 Reserva series. This will add a rounded 6 x 50 Cedro frontmark into the Tortuga 215 Reserva line. The Tortuga 215 Reserva line was launched at the 2013 […]
Tortuga 215 Reserva Cedro No. 5 The Tortuga 215 Reserva is a cigar line launched by Victor Vitale’s Legacy Brands at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. The Tortuga 215 Reserva is a Nicaraguan puro that was originally launched in four large box-press vitolas. Recently, Vitale announced three additional line extensions to the Tortuga 215 Reserva line […]
Legacy Brands will be heading to the European channels. In a conversation with Victor Vitale, he told Cigar Coop that the Tortuga 215 Reserva and Ora Vivo Armand Assante will both be distributed in Europe. According to Vitale, the Tortuga 215 Reserva is already making its way into Europe. The plan is for the Ora […]
The Tortuga 215 Reserva, a new line introduced by Victor Vitale’s Legacy Brands at the 2013 IPCPR will be introducing three new vitolas over the next few months. These line extensions will bring the total vitolas in the Tortuga 215 Reserva line to seven. The first vitola will be called the Cedro No. 5, adds […]
At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, I had an opportunity to sit down and talk with Victor Vitale of Legacy Brands. I have been familiar with Vitale’s work in the cigar industry, and had only communicated with him via email. When I met Vitale in person, I found someone who has […]
Victor Vitale is set to launch the next cigar in his Tortuga Cigars line. The Tortuga 215 Reserva by Victor Vitale is set to make its debut at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas this month. Information about this release was communicated via press release via Legacy Brands (Vitale’s company). The Tortuga 215 […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system. Today, we assign numeric ratings to two previously assessed cigars- Ashton’s San Cristobal […]
Tortuga 215 Edicion Limitada 2011 I travel around the country quite a bite. As a part of my travels I usually try to find a good cigar shop to enjoy a cigar. One thing I always ask the tobacconist is what do you have in new and what do you have that I might not […]
