{"id":2976,"date":"2020-03-12T12:58:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T07:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luxuryampersandfrolics.com\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2022-10-29T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T16:27:29","slug":"padilla-joins-with-a-j-fernandez-cigars-to-make-padilla-poetica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/2020\/03\/12\/padilla-joins-with-a-j-fernandez-cigars-to-make-padilla-poetica\/","title":{"rendered":"Padilla Joins With A.J. Fernandez Cigars to Make Padilla Po\u00e9tica"},"content":{"rendered":"Cigarmaker Ernesto Padilla\u00a0has turned to\u00a0A.J. Fernandez\u00a0to produce his newest cigar brand, Padilla Po\u00e9tica, a literary homage to his father\u2014the late Cuban poet Heberto Padilla, who was imprisoned in Cuba for criticizing the Castro regime. Po\u00e9tica is also a nod to traditional cigar culture in general.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to do an iconic cigar, but I didn\u2019t want to do a special project just for the sake of doing a special project,\u201d Padilla told\u00a0<em>Cigar Aficionado<\/em>. \u201cI came to A.J. because he has a tremendous amount of quality aged inventory. He doesn\u2019t cut corners and respects the cigar business.\u201d\n\nBlended to be medium- to full-bodied, Padilla Po\u00e9tica will be made with dark, high-priming\u00a0Ecuador Habano\u00a0wrappers along with Nicaraguan binders and fillers grown on Fernandez\u2019s farms in Nicaragua.\n\nThe new brand is slated for three box-pressed sizes: a 5 inch by 52 ring gauge robusto; a 6 by 52 toro; and a 6 by 60. Padilla said the cigars (which will come packed in 20-count boxes) should retail from $10 to $14 apiece, a price range that he calls \u201cnot cheap, but approachable.\u201d\n\nNow that Padilla and Fernandez have finalized the blend, production is set to begin in Nicaragua this month, but Padilla doesn\u2019t expect Po\u00e9tica to hit retail shops until late summer.\n\nThe bands will be made in the Netherlands by Vrijdag Premium Printing, the 115-year-old lithography company responsible for such ornate and complex bands as\u00a0Fuente Fuente OpusX\u00a0and the\u00a0holographic Cuban Cohiba. Above is a preliminary sketch of the Padilla Po\u00e9tica band, which will be colored, embossed and gilded. While the top portion of the design is full of allegorical symbolism, the bottom portion shows lines from the poem \u201cEl Justo Tiempo Humano,\u201d written by Padilla\u2019s father.\n\nAt some point, Padilla plans on releasing Po\u00e9tica in\u00a0Connecticut shade\u00a0and\u00a0broadleaf\u00a0versions as well.\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cigarmaker Ernesto Padilla\u00a0has turned to\u00a0A.J. 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