Royal Agio Cigars USA announced the launch of San Pedro de Macorís, brand meant to add accessibly priced products to the company’s lineup up handmade cigars. The brand, named for the Dominican town that’s home to Agio’s factory, will debut with two blends, one called “Ecuador” and the other “Brazil.
The Ecuador blend features a shade-grown Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, while the San Pedro de Macorís Brazil has a sun-grown Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper. Both blends incorporate Dominican binders and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Brazil.
Both San Pedro de Macorís blends will be packages in 20-count boxes and will be available in three vitolas: Perla (4 ⅛ x 40), Corona (5 ⅞ x 42) and Robusto (5 ⅛ x 52). They’ll range in price from $4.75 to $5.50 per cigar.
