Cigar Review: Montecristo White Series Vintage Connecticut No. 3 (Prerelease)

 

(Halfwheel) As part of its new releases for 2015, Altadis U.S.A. is celebrating its farming operations in Connecticut with an extension to its well-known Montecristo White Series, a cigar called the Vintage Connecticut.

Altadis U.S.A. is the only cigar manufacturer with its own farms in Connecticut, a point it emphasized as part of the cigar’s announcement. The Gershel Farm in Somers, Conn. is home to huge spreads of shade-grown Connecticut tobacco, and the company also has a significant number of fields that produce Connecticut broadleaf. For this release, Altadis U.S.A. tapped into a supply of 2008 vintage shade grown Connecticut wrapper, while making some tweaks to the Montecristo White Series blend to create a unique cigar. Continued