{"id":63510,"date":"2023-05-31T11:57:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T09:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=63510"},"modified":"2023-05-31T11:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T09:57:46","slug":"alfonso-gran-seleccion-to-debut-at-pca-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/alfonso-gran-seleccion-to-debut-at-pca-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n to Debut at PCA 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n will be released at PCA 2023 in Las Vegas. The Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n is the sequel to the highly rated Alfonso A\u00f1ejo that debuted at last year\u2019s PCA show to much fanfare. Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n features an Ecuadorian wrapper cloaked over Dominican and Nicarguan fillers. The Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n will be available in five sizes; Exclusivos (6 x 54 Torpedo), Preciosos (7 1\/2 x 40), Estelares (5 1\/2 x 54), Enormes (6 1\/2 x 60), and Grandiosos (8 x 50).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Selected Tobacco products are known for their meticulous aging process once the cigars have been rolled. The cigars are placed into cedar-lined rooms while raising and lowering humidity to allow the cigars to cleanse themselves over time. For Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n this process takes five years &amp; their final aging is done in rooms lined with French Oak. The use of French Oak in the aging process was also used for the Alfonso A\u00f1ejo and Byron 1850 lines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur experimentation with French Oak aging has lead to amazing cigars \u201d said Nelson Alfonso, Owner of Selected Tobacco. \u201cThe Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n is the next great example of our dedication to patience and exploration.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n will be available in dark lacquered 25 count dress boxes, limited to 5000 cigars per size.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Origin: Costa Rica<br \/>\nFactory: Tabacos de Costa Rica<br \/>\nWrapper: Ecuador<br \/>\nBinder: Peru<br \/>\nFiller: Dominican Republic &amp; Nicaragua<br \/>\nVitolas: Exclusivos (6 x 54 Torpedo), Preciosos (7 1\/2 x 40), Estelares (5 1\/2 x 54), Enormes (6 1\/2 x 60), Grandiosos (8 x 50).<br \/>\nProduction: 5000 Cigars per size\/200 boxes of 25 per size<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfonso Gran Selecci\u00f3n will be released at PCA 2023 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":63511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[8918,6296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63513,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63510\/revisions\/63513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}