Four new Variety Samplers from Tabacos de la Cordillera (Mountain Range
Cigars) make it easy and economical for smokers to select which new Fundación
Ancestral luxury cigars suit their palates.
The company, which produces 100% long-filler handmade premium cigars in
Puriscal, Costa Rica, now offers one each of the 5 different Fundación Ancestral
premium blends, in 5-cigar cartons. According to John Vogel, company director
and 40-year tobacco geneticist, "We don’t claim to make Cuban cigars, or say
they contain Cuban tobacco. What sets us apart from every other company is that
we grow all Fundación Ancestral tobacco from our proprietary Cuban seed
varieties that pre-date Castro by twenty years. These are the only surviving
seeds from that era. They offer all the power, flavor, and aroma of the classic
Havanas Antiguas."
Cuban farmers first grew these varieties in five different regions in the
legendary Pinar del Rio, Villa Clara and (La) Habana Provinces. The five blends
are named "Serie 1940" through "Serie 1944," to signify the year each variety
was developed by Cuban researchers. These seeds produced tobacco varieties that
became archetypes for decades of Cuban cigars, until the Embargo. These pure,
"true-to-type" Cuban seeds came directly off the island, and each blend is a
true puro, made with only tobacco from that one variety. The Variety Samplers
are available in all four Fundación Ancestral shapes ... Churchill, Corona,
Robusto and Torpedo.
Vogel reports, "Now, smokers can satisfy their curiosity and save
substantially over the price of buying our regular 5-pack samplers of each of
the Fundación Ancestral cigar lines. Serie 1940, 1941 and 1944 have neutral
wrappers, while Serie 1942 and 1943 are maduros. The collection is offered in
both medium- and medium-full-bodied cigars. MSRPs for the Variety Samplers falls
between $56.25 (Robusto) and $58.50 (Churchill, Torpedo).
"Our Web page (www.tabacordillera.com)
describes the flavor profiles," states Vogel, "but words can’t describe the
experience of smoking cigars with tobacco from ancestral Cuban seeds, which not
even Castro can obtain. All our cigars are noted for their deep complexity ...
one reviewer compared them to, 'A piece of steak ... not strong, but with layers
of flavor.'" The Fundación Ancestral Variety Samplers will be available at fine
tobacconists in December, as well as on the company's Web site,
www.tabacordillera.com.
New Fundación Ancestral Variety Samplers from Tabacos de la Cordillera
include one cigar each of their 5 premium cigar blends
