The Pinar Del Río Small Batch Reserve was originally scheduled for a late February or early March release, but that date came and went without any signs of the newest release from Abe Flores and Juan Rodriguez.

Earlier this week, numerous retailers reported receiving shipments of the new cigar, which comes in four sizes across two different sizes. Patrick Lagreid reviewed Robusto versions of both the Small Batch Reserve Habano and Small Batch Reserve Maduro.

This is the first new nationally distributed cigar to come from Flores and Rodriguez’s new factory, PDR Cigars, which opened a few months ago.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.