Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4

Back before the IPCPR trade show in July, I broke the news on the next Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4. Word was La Flor Dominicana head Litto Gomez had been working on a prototype named “L22” that featured Pelo de Oro and was to be the next version of the popular Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch series. Sources indicated that the release was scheduled to be at the end of 2011. Shortly thereafter La Flor Dominicana contacted me saying that the info on Small Batch No. 4 was incorrect and that it wasn’t likely to be until the beginning of 2012.

In Las Vegas, the official (and now a bit more public) word from La Flor was once again, Small Batch No. 4 was to ship in early 2012. There was no word on the wrapper, as well as some conflicting rumors on the time, which now indicated November.

On September 30, 2011, the first box of Small Batch No. 4 auctioned at W. Curtis Draper’s Little Puff for $2,700.00. There weren’t tons of surprises: 105 cigars from 2006 tobacco, all grown at La Flor’s farms in La Canela, Dominican Republic. (That was featured in the Weekly News for October 3, 2011.) Fast forward a few weeks and La Flor Dominicana officially confirmed that Small Batch No. 4, as well as Factory Press IV, was scheduled for a December release barring any delays. Shortly before Thanksgiving, Factory Press IV was released with the date for Small Batch No. 4 again pushed back until early 2012.

Early this morning, Buckhead Cigar indicated that they would be receiving Small Batch No. 4 and later Andrew Brennan, National Vice President of Sales, confirmed that it would in fact be a Dominican Pelo de Oro wrapper. Size is 7 x 52. It’s unclear at this point how many boxes of Small Batch No. 4 are shipping now versus next year, but as always, details as they come. — el niño diablo.

(Picture via Jerry Cruz of Stogie Review.)