Earlier this year, Guardian of the Farm Claude Le Chien was first introduced to the public. Named after Head Cigar Smoker Andrew’s very own French Bulldog, Claude Le Chien is a box-pressed 4 ½ x 48 Nicaraguan puro adorned with a closed foot.
Now, just before the New Year, we’re excited to announce the newest expression of Claude Le Chien to celebrate Claude’s fifth birthday!
In addition to the previous adjustments of the original Guardian of the Farm, our second release of Claude Le Chien also includes an adjustment of the filler tobaccos to include a Criollo 98 leaf that is five years old (like Claude himself)!
The same bold, spirited Corojo Rosado wrapper was included and only minor adjustments were made with the filler ratios to accommodate the five-year-old leaf. Claude Le Chien’s size also remains the same iconic box-pressed 4 1/2 x 48. 200 boxes of 25 cigars (5,000 cigars total) were produced with an MSRP of $7.99.
- Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo Rosado
- Binder: Nicaraguan Corojo 99
- Filler: Nicaraguan Corojo 99, Criollo 98
- Vitola: 4 ½ x 48 Box-Pressed
- Factory: Aganorsa
- Production: Limited Edition (5,000 cigars total)
Fans of the previous Claude Le Chien will be happy to know that they will be able to distinguish the two releases from each other by the bands, even though the artwork has remained the same. The original Claude Le Chien bands were folded over the artwork, while these bands display the whole intent of the band all the way around.
Thank you for celebrating Claude’s birthday with us! We are very much looking forward to celebrating it each year with our Small Batch family moving forward.
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