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NEWS RELEASE
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Tabacos de la Cordillera, Ltda.
Apdo. #75-6000
Puriscal, San Jose
Costa Rica, C.A.
Phone: 506-416-3380
Fax: 506-416-3381
Web: www.tabacordillera.com
Contact: John Vogel |
For Release: February 10, 2007 |
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"Extinct" Cuban Pinar del Rio 1941 Tobacco
Now Grown in Costa Rica
In 1941, a revolutionary new strain of tobacco was
developed by Cuban Land, the island's eminent tobacco research
facility. First introduced in the growing region it was named
after, Pinar del Rio 1941 became the archetype for tobacco from
that region for two decades. Some of the most important leaf
suppliers to the major pre-Embargo Cuban cigar makers grew and
replicated it on their Pinar del Rio farmland, including Jacinto
Argudín, Luis Pedreira, Daniel Rodríguez, and Elio Junco. Soon,
it became especially valued by experienced smokers worldwide.
Though one of the fullest-bodied of Cuban tobaccos, its smooth
power lacked the bite and harshness on the palate of Castro's
product. Pinar del Rio 1941 leaf was also noted for its depth
and complexity, as well as superior burning properties. |
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In the 1960s, Castro dismantled
Cuban Land and other tobacco research for several years,
reassigning the island's former tobacco researchers to the
cultivation of sugar for Cold War Russia. The moratorium on
Cuban genetic research resulted in neglect for breeding stocks
... these tobaccos from Cuba's Golden Age of Cigars eventually
disappeared, including the legendary Pinar del Rio 1941.
But now, Tabacos de la Cordillera has successfully grown,
harvested, and processed tobacco once again from these "extinct"
Pinar del Rio 1941 Cuban seeds. The Costa Rican company is
currently rolling the first cigars from this Cuban leaf, which
is available nowhere else in the industry.
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According to company director and
tobacco geneticist John Vogel, "This tobacco will produce 20,000
limited-release premium cigars. It is the first of Tabacos de la
Cordillera's new flagship line of cigars, all from rare
pre-Embargo Cuban seeds."
"Our Pinar del Rio 1941 tobacco is unique in two ways: First, it
grows from seeds from the very same Cuban Land parent breeding
stock ... I received these seeds directly from colleagues in the
scientific community, who were former Cuban Land researchers.
The tobacco is purely Cuban in origin; Tabacos de la
Cordillera's current products, and virtually all other brands,
contain tobacco from Cuban-derived seeds, e.g., Cuban-seed
Connecticut, Indonesian, or Dominican Olor strains. |
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"Secondly, the cigars rolled from
this new tobacco ... they'll also be named "Pinar del Rio 1941™'
... will contain only Pinar del Rio 1941 tobacco, from different
primings (levels) on the plants. The cigars will not be blended
with tobaccos from different countries, regions, or even farms.
Thus, these cigars are the 'purest of puros.'" |
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Pinar del Rio 1941 cigars will be
available in June/July of this year, in the four most popular
sizes: Churchill, Corona, Robusto, and Torpedo. Supplies will be
limited. The cigars will appear first on the company's exclusive
factory-authorized Web site,
www.tabacordilliera.com. |
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Emerald-green at 27 days after
transplanting,
pre-Embargo Cuban Pinar del Rio 1941
tobacco grows on Tabacos de la Cordillera's Costa Rican farm |
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"Ancestral
Cuban seeds grow the world's finest cigars™" |
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