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David Savona

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · David Savona

    New Cuban Montecristo Debuts In France | Cigar Aficionado (opens the original)

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    Cuba has a new Montecristo size for the global duty-free market, the Montecristo Fragata. The cigar is a parejo measuring 5 1/2 inches long by 54 ring gauge. If those dimensions sound familiar, it’s because they are shared by the popular Partagás Serie E No. 2, as well as more limited cigars such as the Bolivar Soberano Edición Limitada 2018 and the Punch Duke, a Regional Edition made for Mexico in 2019. The size is a format known as Duke in Cuban cigar factories. The cigar will only be sold via

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · David Savona

    Tatuaje Monster Jason Redux 6 Coming For Halloween Season | Cigar Aficionado (opens the original)

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    When October approaches on the calendar, the cigar world starts thinking about Tatuaje Monsters. Brand owner Pete Johnson started making the Halloween-themed-smokes back in 2008, and this year he’s bringing back the Tatuaje Monster Jason. The new version is called Tatuaje Monster Jason Redux 6. It's a big smoke, 7 1/2 inches long with a 52 ring gauge, featuring a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper (a Johnson favorite) around a core of all-Nicaraguan binder and filler. The cigars are rolled in Estelí,

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · David Savona

    Pledge Of Allegiance Rockets Launching Next Week | Cigar Aficionado (opens the original)

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    The Pledge of Allegiance is getting a second act. Part II of the 2026 Casa Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance series is preparing for liftoff: the limited-edition Rockets size. Teased earlier in the year, when the Toro was released, Rockets is a figurado measuring 6 3/8 inches long by 58 ring. It comes in a humidor containing 20 cigars, and there are two blends in the box, each of them entirely American grown. Production is being limited to 250 humidors, and shipping starts on Monday. Each humidor wi

  4. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · David Savona

    Handmade Cigar Imports Hold Steady For First Half Of Year | Cigar Aficionado (opens the original)

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    The American premium, handmade cigar market is far larger than it was seven years ago, and while the robust growth sparked by the pandemic appears to be over, the market is not contracting either. Imports of premium, handmade cigars to the United States were essentially unchanged for the first six months of 2026, according to data released this morning by the Cigar Association of America. There were 199.5 million premium cigars imported for that time period, compared to 200.5 million for the fir

  5. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · David Savona

    A New Cuban Double Corona For Germany | Cigar Aficionado (opens the original)

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    A new, large Cuban cigar will soon be appearing in cigar shops across Germany, the Por Larrañaga 35 Aniversario Regional Edición Alemania. (Alemania is the Spanish word for Germany.) The cigar is a prominente size, better known to cigar lovers as a double corona, and it measures 7 5/8 inches long by 49 ring gauge. It’s not only a big cigar, but it comes in a massive package, a cabinet of 50 cigars. Only 2,000 boxes, each of them individually numbered, are being produced on this run. Each cigar w

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