A company that has arrived at Intertabac 2024 with plenty of new releases is Casa Carrillo (formerly La Alianza), now with the new name, with Ernesto Pérez Carrillo at the helm and the factory manager, Jorge Fernández Maique. The most special cigar, without a doubt, is the brand new and elegant limited edition commemorating its 15th anniversary, for which Casa Carrillo has used its most aged selection of tobaccos.
Just for starting, the wrapper, grown in Mexico, dark colour, has been aged in bales for a decade; the Nicaraguan binder has been aged for fifteen years, while Dominican and Nicaraguan leaves have been used in the filler with ages between five and seven years. “EP Carrillo Aniversario 15” is the commercial name of this limited edition of only 5,000 15-count boxes for the whole world. Comes in a large 165 mm x 54 toro size, finished in the Cuban style, with a more rounded head that in Cuba is called “cabeza tumbada” (layed head).
Apart from this limited edition, Casa Carrillo presents a new regular production series: EP Carrillo Endure, which is characterized by its Cameroon wrapper. Just as the Allegiance (Cigar of the Year 2023 in Cigar Journal) was a collaboration with Oliva, Endure is the result of joint work with the Meerapfel family, owners of the Cameroonian wrapper plantations. It will be manufactured regularly, but always depending on the availability of wrapper, in two formats, robusto (127 mm x 52) and toro (152 mm x 52), both pressed.
Finally, in a value price segment, three lines also of regular production, Casa Carrillo Honduras, Maduro and Sumatra. The three come in three sizes: robusto (127 mm x 50), toro (152 mm x 52) and gordo (152 mm x 60). Mediuem body, similar blends, but the main difference is the wrapper: Honduras, Sumatra (Ecuador) and maduro San Andrés (Mexico).
