EP Carrillo Pledge Prequel 5" * 50

A potent and flavorful cigar with a tantalizing spicy, woody profile, a creamy finish, and a rich aroma. Its oily USA maduro wrapper drapes an Ecuadorian binder and a Nicaraguan filler. The EP Carrillo Pledge delivers a delightful smoking indulgence that will awaken your senses. Handmade in the Dominican Republic at EP Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza. The EP Carrillo Pledge Prequel was rated #1 cigar of 2020 by Cigar Aficionado-Rated 98 by Cigar Aficionado, and Tobacco Business Best Dominican Cigar of 2021.

• Brands
  EP Carrillo Pledge

  The EP Carrillo Pledge is the third release in the highly rated Perez-Carrillo Series, which includes the La Historia and pays tribute to the Perez-Carrillo family’s history in the tobacco industry, and the Encore, which was dedicated to Carrillo’s grandchildren. The Pledge is dedicated to cigar aficionados. It also embodies Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s promise to his fans to “… never stop working with the best tobaccos and bringing new and innovative blends …” The Pledge sports a mouthwatering USA maduro wrapper draped over an Ecuadorian binder and a Nicaraguan filler. It is hand crafted at Carrillo’s famed Tabacalera Alianza in the Dominican Republic.
• Cigar Shape
  Robusto

  The Robusto is a short Churchill size, traditionally 5 to 5.5 inches by a 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Box-Pressed (Square)

  A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a "squarish" or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Cigar Length
  5"

  This cigar is 5 inches long, or 127 mm.
• Origin
  Dominican Republic

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  50

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 50, so his diameter is 50/64 inches or 19.81 mm.
• Strength
  Full
• Wrapper Color
  Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging
  None
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  Casa Carrillo

  Casa Carrillo is considered one of the highest rated cigar manufacturers in the world. Based in the Dominican Republic, it is owned by master cigar crafter Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. Besides creating Carrillo’s portfolio of brands that includes the EP Carrillo Inch, EP Carrillo Encore, and the EP Carrillo Pledge, Casa Carrillo produces cigars for such brands as the Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper and Crowned Heads Four Kicks among others.
• Cigar Wrapper
  USA

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
• Cigar Binder
  Ecuador

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Ecuador is the perfect place to grow binders, because it is located on the Equator and it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type binders to many cigar factory in the world.
• Cigar Filler
  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  811167022183
  811167021698