{"id":2456,"date":"2013-05-16T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2013-05-16T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T19:47:41","slug":"la-gloria-cubana-to-launch-its-first-nicaraguan-cigars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/?p=2456","title":{"rendered":"LA GLORIA CUBANA TO LAUNCH ITS FIRST NICARAGUAN CIGARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GCC-27117-LGC-Serie_R_Black-Box-v18_ORP-RENDER_LR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2457\" alt=\"GCC-27117-LGC-Serie_R_Black-Box-v18_ORP-RENDER_LR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GCC-27117-LGC-Serie_R_Black-Box-v18_ORP-RENDER_LR-300x272.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GCC-27117-LGC-Serie_R_Black-Box-v18_ORP-RENDER_LR-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GCC-27117-LGC-Serie_R_Black-Box-v18_ORP-RENDER_LR-400x363.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/GCC-27117-LGC-Serie_R_Black-Box-v18_ORP-RENDER_LR.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La Gloria Cubana\u00c2\u00ae is making a bold departure from its Dominican roots with the launch of two new Nicaraguan collections, the first-ever La Glorias to have Nicaragua as the country of origin. Both expressions will mark the expansion of the top-selling Serie R line which started the large ring, full flavor craze back in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>According to Michael Giannini, General Cigar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s director of innovation, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When Serie R debuted, we established a market for bold cigars, and inspired other manufacturers to follow suit. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shaking things up again, by further expanding the size and flavor spectrum of our cigars with two unique and different full-flavored Nicaraguan blends, each in ultra-large ring gauges. Both new collections are trend setters in the making.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The first of the two new Nicaraguan collections is a puro called <b>Serie R Black<\/b>. The blend features viso leaves from Jalapa and Esteli, and a Jalapa viso binder. The use of Jalapa viso as a binder and in the blend speaks to the spectacular characteristics of this tobacco, which was cultivated by a small, independent grower named Pedro Joaquin Guardian. It was Pedro who took a bold step by raising the tobacco on several small, unconnected plots on the craggy Jalapa mountainside. The blend is punctuated with an audacious Jalapa ligero wrapper. Harvested from the 2009 crop, this flavorful tobacco was fermented for an entire year, and aged for two and a half years.<\/p>\n<p>Serie R Black debuts with a trio of brawny frontmarks, each in 18-count boxes. This includes: <b>No 58<\/b> (6.87\u00e2\u20ac\u009d x 58, SRP $6.99); <b>No 60<\/b> (6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d x 60, SRP $7.24) and <b>No 64<\/b> (6.25\u00e2\u20ac\u009d x 64, SRP $7.49). This collection will only be available for purchase through Internet\/catalog retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Initial details about the second Serie R offering will be released in June, with a full reveal in July at the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. This new line will be a brick and mortar exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Giannini noted, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also significant about both new blends is that they have the full flavor that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s characteristic of Nicaraguan tobacco, but they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not about power. They are meant to deliver the smoking experience of a well-aged, refined and balanced Nicaraguan smoke, and we believe we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re delivering that in spades.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About La Gloria Cubana<\/span><\/p>\n<p>La Gloria Cubana cigars are produced by General Cigar Co. Inc., a division of Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which manufactures and markets handcrafted cigars for the premium market. Committed to delivering cigars of the finest quality, General Cigar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s skilled artisans produce Macanudo\u00c2\u00ae, Cohiba\u00c2\u00ae,\u00c2\u00a0 La Gloria Cubana, Punch\u00c2\u00ae, CAO\u00c2\u00ae, Partagas\u00c2\u00ae, Hoyo de Monterrey\u00c2\u00ae, Excalibur\u00c2\u00ae and several other leading premium brands in the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan factories. In addition, the company cultivates proprietary tobacco which is used exclusively in its blends. General Cigar also operates Club Macanudo\u00c2\u00ae, a cigar bar in New York City. Based in Richmond, VA, General Cigar sells through tobacconists nationwide and also exports select products to 62 countries. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cigarworld.com\/\">www.cigarworld.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00ae La Gloria Cubana, El Credito, Macanudo, Cohiba, Punch, Partagas, Hoyo de Monterrey, Excalibur and Club Macanudo are registered trademarks of General Cigar Co. Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Gloria Cubana\u00c2\u00ae is making a bold departure from its Dominican roots with the launch of two new Nicaraguan collections,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/?p=2456\"> [Read the full story &#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[155,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cigar-industry-news","category-la-gloria-cubana"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p16MGD-DC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2459,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions\/2459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}