Alec Bradley Launches This Year’s Limited-Edition Fine & Rare
There’s a new Alec Bradley Fine & Rare blend heading to retailers today, and like past releases, it’s made of 10 different tobaccos.
The limited-edition Fine & Rare ANB-228 is made in Honduras at the Raices Cubanas factory, and this year’s blend consists of 10 different tobaccos from four different countries and various regions. Its Criollo ’98 wrapper was grown in the Trojés region of Honduras. Underneath are two binders—a Honduran leaf of Corojo ’99 (which is also from Trojés) and another leaf of Nicaraguan Criollo ’98 from Estelí, the cigarmaking capital of Nicaragua that is known for growing powerful tobacco. That leaves seven more different tobaccos for the filler:
- Honduran Corojo ’99 from Jamastran
- Honduran Criollo ’98 from Jamastran
- Nicaraguan Criollo ’98 from Jalapa
- Mexican San Andrés
- Dominican Criollo (unspecified seed year)
- Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 from Jalapa
- Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 from Estelí
The cigar, which is intended to be medium in body, comes in one size, a Churchill measuring 7 inches by 50 ring gauge with a suggested retail price of $19.99. Only 1,500 boxes of 10 are being produced.
Since the Fine & Rare project started in 2011, it’s always been made with 10 different tobaccos, though the blends change every year. The Alec Bradley brand is owned by corporate giant Scandinavian Tobacco Group and distributed by General Cigar Co.
