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Dos Familias
August 2010
It might be compared to Bach and Beethoven collaborating on a symphony. Two legendary cigar families have combined their prodigious skills to create one awesome cigar. Dos Familias – Two Families – by Ortez y Turrent.The Omar Ortez family quietly grows tobaccos found in many highly regarded cigars and crafts some of Nicaragua’s finest smokes. Alejandro Turrent is the fifth generation of the world’s oldest and most highly esteemed family of cigar makers and tobacco growers. Their tobaccos are prized by makers of the most prestigious cigars.Handcrafted in Nicaragua, and featuring a hand-selected San Andrés Criollo wrapper, Dos Familias is a beautifully constructed cigar, loaded with intense, richly satisfying flavor - the culmination of the artistry and experience of two renowned cigar families.Dos Familias by Ortez y Turrent is available in five sizes:Corona,Robusto,Toro,Belicosoand Churchill.Suggested retail prices range from $5.50 to $7.50. The new cigar will ship to retailers in August