"Delays are now so common that it's fair to wonder if it's all mastermind marketing, designed to drive consumer fervor. Or is it, as many Dominican and Nicaraguan cigarmakers claim, due to a lack of skilled torcedores (cigar rollers) and a dearth of the dark, rich, oily tobaccos grown in western Cuba's Pinar del Río province? Perhaps both. No one knows for sure, and the Cubans remain taciturn."
"Yet this perpetual tardiness is why I'm writing today about a cigar announced in 2021, first displayed publicly in 2024 - at the annual Festival del Habano - but only recently released. A triple-banded Trinidad Fundadores 55th Anniversary puro (said to have been aged fully rolled for a decade) housed in an ST Dupont humidor, this is an unprecedented offering, and its price is a record $1,150 per cigar."
Egregiously postponed Cuban cigar releases commonly delay new lines by a year or two, frustrating Havanaphiles. Reasons cited include possible marketing strategy, a shortage of skilled torcedores (cigar rollers), and insufficient dark, oily tobaccos from Pinar del Río, with Cuban officials remaining taciturn. A triple-banded Trinidad Fundadores 55th Anniversary puro, said to have been aged fully rolled for a decade and housed in an ST Dupont humidor, was announced in 2021, displayed in 2024, and recently released at a record $1,150 per cigar. Trinidad originated in 1969 as a diplomatic gift and was commercially launched in the late 1990s.
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