La Gloria Cubana is Returning to Miami for a New Limited Edition
The non-Cuban La Gloria Cubana is returning to Miami for a new limited edition. It’s in Miami’s Little Havana, on Calle Ocho, where Perez Carrillo made a name for himself with La Gloria Cubana and a small factory with El Credito. The factory is gone, just as the El Rey de Los Habanos factory from Don Pepin that was right next door. But the neighbour across the street, El Titan de Bronze is still going strong and they are producing the La Gloria Cubana Eight Street for General Cigars.
The cigars are made with an Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder. The filler comes from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. El Titan de Bronze produced 5.000 boxes of 10 cigars, each measuring 6×50. According to a press release, the cigars is full-bodied with notes of espresso, leather and spice.
“La Gloria Cubana is one of Calle Ocho’s biggest success stories and it’s a brand my team and I have long admired,” said Sandy Cobas, owner of El Titan de Bronze, via a press release. “When we were approached about collaborating on this special project, we jumped at the chance. ‘Eighth Street’ is our way of paying tribute not only to La Gloria Cubana, but also to the Cuban expatriate cigar rollers who continue to practice their craft in Miami, keeping the traditions of their homeland alive.”
The cigar was developed by Cobas and her team at El Titan de Bronze in collaboration with Justin Andrews, business development manager of Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s (STG) North American Branded and Rest of World divisions.
“La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street is proudly made in the USA and honours the roots of this legendary brand,” Andrews said in a press release. “For this special project, we blended to a classic La Gloria profile which means the cigar has a lot of personality, is well-balanced through its many transitions and delivers a rich, long finish. This is an elegant and complex cigar that every fan of La Gloria Cubana will want to experience.”
The non-Cuban La Gloria Cubana goes back to the 1970s when it was made in Miami by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and his father. The brand was sold to General Cigar Co. by Perez-Carrillo in 1997, which began moving production to the Dominican Republic. The El Credito factory eventually closed and is now home to a cigar retailer.
