C.L.E. Cigar Made Exclusively For France Arrives At Retail
A new C.L.E. cigar has landed at tobacconists, but you won’t find it in the United States. Made just for the French market, the limited-edition C.L.E. Exclusivo Regionales France arrived in Paris and other cities last week.
Brand owner Christian Eiroa says he decided to release the cigar in France because of the size of the market and his personal connection to the country.
“This is a very special cigar to me,” Eiroa tells Cigar Aficionado. “France is our second-largest market after the United States. I spent all my summers there when I was younger. Every year my parents would send me off to France, about 60 miles north of Paris. I attended summer school and would stay for around two-and-a-half months. My parents wanted to keep me out of trouble in Honduras.”
C.L.E. Exclusivo Regionales France is rolled with a Honduran wrapper the company refers to as “Cameroon seed,” a Honduran binder and filler tobacco from Honduras and Colombia. The cigar comes in a single vitola called 11/18, a curvy figurado that bulges in the middle and tapers at both ends.
Measuring 6 inches long and 54 ring gauge at its thickest circumference, the 11/18 is a signature size for Eiroa, named after his mother’s birthday (November 18th). The 11/18 has appeared in brands such as C.L.E., Eiroa, Asylum and Camacho.
Eiroa says the Exclusivo Regionales France is unique in the company’s portfolio and not based on an existing C.L.E. blend.
“It’s not based on a previous cigar. It’s its own thing,” Eiroa says. “When the production runs are very small the cigars are incredible. You handpick the tobacco and the blends are really special. You can have a lot of fun with it.”
Exclusivo Regionales France comes in 10-count wooden boxes and has a suggested retail price of 20 euros per cigar, which converts to around $23. Only 250 individually numbered boxes will be released. The cigar is distributed by Paris-based company Albana Tobacco and rolled at the C.L.E. factory in Honduras.
C.L.E. Exclusivo Regionales France is the second cigar in the company’s regional exclusive program. The first was released in Bulgaria in 2024.
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