{"id":71589,"date":"2025-05-16T08:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T06:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=71589"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T06:12:26","slug":"new-montecristo-collaboration-with-bardstown-bourbon-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/new-montecristo-collaboration-with-bardstown-bourbon-company\/","title":{"rendered":"New Montecristo Collaboration With Bardstown Bourbon Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Santa Clara is introducing Distillers Select Series, which will feature Perfect Pairing collaborations between a leading cigar and spirits industry innovator.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The initial release \u2013 Montecristo X Bardstown \u2013 features Altadis U.S.A.\u2019s iconic Montecristo brand and the award-winning Bardstown Bourbon Company.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Montecristo X Bardstown presents a hand-rolled premium cigar, exquisitely blended to pair perfectly with Bardstown Bourbon\u2019s <span class=\"s2\">Origin Series Kentucky Straight Bourbon<\/span> Whiskey. This bourbon was awarded a gold medal and an impressive 98 points at the 2023 International Wine &amp; Spirits Competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Both brands, Montecristo and Bardstown, are built at the intersection of innovation and tradition, making them the perfect pair for this first Distillers Select series release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAt Bardstown Bourbon we work to explore the boundaries of flavor,\u201d said Dan Callaway, Bardstown Bourbon Co. Master Blender. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to partner with Montecristo to create a new tasting experience for our customers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis release,\u201d said Gabe\u00a0Diaz, Montecristo Brand Manager at Altadis U.S.A., \u201cis, \u00a0is a tribute to the art of blending, both in cigars and bourbon, and marks an exciting beginning for the Distillers Select series.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This exclusive cigar, limited to just 7,000 boxes, is available in one, 6&#215;52 size, and presented in elegant boxes of 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Montecristo X Bardstown cigar will only be available to select retail and liquor partners, including Cigars.com, through Santa Clara, beginning May 6.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Clara is introducing Distillers Select Series, which will feature Perfect Pairing collaborations between a leading cigar and spirits industry innovator.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":71590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[945],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589"}],"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=71589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71592,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589\/revisions\/71592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}