Cigar Weekly

Miami, FL, 25 March 2009...

In an ironic juxtaposition, Miami Cigars is releasing its newest line on the same day that the Federal SCHIP tax will be imposed. While this has been in the planning stages for a long time, the creators of the new line are waiting until the time is just right for the cigars.

 

From Miami Cigars' press release, Ruben Castañeda tells us:

Pepin Garcia, of Tabacalera Garcia, and Nestor Miranda, of Miami Cigar & Company determined not to make the Twentieth Anniversary cigar (Under the Nestor Miranda Special Selection label) before the tobacco's "time." Nor would they release it prematurely.

That time has come! On 1 April 2009, Miami Cigar & Company will begin shipping these robust, nuanced, medium and full bodied cigars to one hundred select tobacconists through out the country.  Blended, re-blended and 'tweaked', Miranda and Garcia personally collaborated on the creation of this cigar, celebrating an accomplishment, twenty (20) years in business, equaled by relatively few of today's existing cigar makers.  

The tobacco for these extraordinary cigars were selected more than nine (9) months ago, from tobacco crops harvested no less than three (3) and four (4) years ago. Cured, fermented and aged by the Garcias, these precious leaves have now been hand rolled by expert; experienced torcedores into what we believe is one of the finest cigars ever produced.

The cigar, available in one (1) size measures 7 x 56 and is packed in beautifully crafted boxes of twenty (20). It will be offered using two (2) different wrappers, to create two (2) distinctive cigars, appealing to the broadest range of cigar enthusiasts' palates. 

The first wrapper, a Habano Rosado, creates a superb medium bodied cigar with mellow notes that will arouse all your senses. While the Habano Oscuro wrapper makes for a tongue tingling, rich, aromatic full bodied smoke, featuring the elements of pepper and spice that you've come to expect from the Nestor Miranda Special Selection. 

Although the cigars have not yet been shipped from Esteli, Nicaragua, the total production of 2000 boxes (1000 of each wrapper version) has been sold. The policy of only selling the Nestor Miranda Special Selection through brick and mortar tobacconists is being applied to the 20^th Anniversary cigar.

Nestor Miranda noted, "I am very proud of what we created with the Nestor Miranda Special Selection, and more than proud of the reception by cigar aficionados and connoisseurs across the country. The 20^th Anniversary version is consistent with what we have and then some!"

Commencing in April, a series of eight (8) special in-store events, one (1) each month until November, will feature the 20^th Anniversary as well as the rest of the Nestor Miranda Special Selection. "Nestor or I will be present at these events. In some instances, both of us will. It is both a celebration of the company's 20^th Anniversary and an opportunity for us to, personally, thank the cigar smoking community for the reception they have given the Nestor Miranda Special Selection brand," said Rene J. Castaneda, National Sales Manager of Miami Cigar & Company. 

Presidente Beer and Rum Barceló Imperial, both from the Dominican Republic, as well as Louis Royer cognac, from France, will be served at all the events where state and local laws permit.