First Look
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Cuban Imports' El Rey del Mundo Olvidados

El Rey
"El Rey del Mundo® OLVIDADOS is an imperiously bold cigar experience coupled with a complex mosaic of delicate flavors. Fastidiously crafted by legendary cigar maker Estelo Padron protégés Edwin Guevara, Marco Lean and Ramon Bueso, El Rey del Mundo ® OLVIDADOS is comprised of deeply aged Nicaraguan ligero, Honduran viso and Dominican seco filler tobaccos. The long-awaited new blend is delicately enveloped in a smooth Connecticut Broadleaf binder surrounded by a dark Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. Proudly presented in lustrous rosewood cigar boxes, El Rey del Mundo® OLVIDADOS is available in five (5) sizes: 'Chateaux R' (5" x 54 Robusto); 'Chateaux E' (6" x 52 Epicure); 'Chateaux T' (6 1/8" x 54 Torpedo); 'Chateaux X' (6" x 60) and 'Chateaux D' (7 1/4;" x 54 Double Corona). The suggested retail price of each cigar ranges from $7.99 to $11.99."

Cuban Imports, a company Michael Argenti founded in 2006,
are making things happen. At the 2006 RTDA they debuted their company with
three cigar lines. One is their own brand called Exile (which is quite good), but
the other two were new blends of H. Upmann and Por Larranaga, affectionately
know here as "Por Larry" (say it aloud, then wait for the ads to
appear). These are two of
Thomas Bender
(TommyBB)
Introducing another line this fall is Cuban Imports. This time it's a El Rey del Mundo blend called "Olvidados" which means "The Forgotten." According to Al Argenti, this is a blend that Frank Llaneza created years ago, but never produced in quantity. Frank Llaneza, the long-time head of Villazon Cigars (Honduras American Tobacco or HATSA) is now retired. These cigars are made for Cuban Imports by Villazon, and this blend is the very strongest blend made in that factory today. Remember, too, that the Villazon brands are a subsidiary of General Cigars. In two short years, Cuban Imports have been able to work with three recognized brands owned now by two of the largest conglomerates in the world. I smoked an ERdM Olvidados at the RTDA show in August, and it IS quite good and has quite a nice punch to it. From their press release come the details of this line of cigars, which will be available in October: