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EO Cigars Presents New Brands
Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega, the collaborative vision behind EO Brands, have presented two new offerings, this week. One a totally new brand, the Murcielago and a maduro addition to the acclaimed Cubao brand
Sunrise, FL, 27 July…”The cigars were better than Eddie and I hoped for,” said Erik Espinosa, when asked how it went in Esteli, Nicaragua, when he and partner, Eddie Ortega smoked the first production of Murcielago. The cigars they smoked, and they smoked dozens, were produced in March and they were in Esteli last week, smoking from dawn till dusk.
The name, Murcielago, Spanish for “Bat,” came about when Ortega and Espinosa were on a visit to Mexico, and were taken to see caves, literally, filled with bats.
The slightly box pressed cigars, wrapped in a superb Mexican leaf, have been produced in the following sizes:
Churchill 7-1/8 X 48
Toro 6-1/8 X 50
Belicoso 5-1/2 X 52
Robusto 5-1/8 X 50
Rothschild 5-1/8 X 50
These medium to full bodied cigars have a Nicaraguan filler; Mexican binder and world renowned Mexican Maduro wrapper. Packaged in traditional wood boxes of twenty (2) cigars with paper edging, the logo of the brand is a stylized bat, reminiscent of Batman!
Additionally, Espinosa y Ortega has added a Maduro version to their very popular Cubao cigar line.
Both new additions to the Espinosa y Ortega stable of fine cigars will be introduced at the forthcoming IPCPR in New Orleans on 9 August. (Editor's Note: CW will update this or publish a new First Look on each cigar after the IPCPR Show.)
Espinosa y Ortega, a six year old company, has also been behind the very successful 601 brand, which is produced, in four versions, with a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper; a shade grown Connecticut wrapper, a Nicraguan Habano Maduro wrapper and a Nicaraguan Habano Oscuro wrapper.
Miami Cigar & Company is the United States Distributor for 601, Cubao, and now, Murcielago.