EP Carrillo Encore Black 5"3/8 * 52

A bold cigar with a deep complexity and a rich spiciness underscored by an irresistible sweetness that will greet your palate from first light to last puff. A muscular USA Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper cloaks a Mexican San Andres binders and filler leaves from Condega, Esteli, and Jalapa, which are three of Nicaragua’s top-tobacco growing regions. Each leaf of this three-nation blend has been aged for at least three years and have been hand-fermented for 18 months. Once rolled, the cigars rest for six months in an aging room. This meticulous aging and fermentation process contribute to the cigar’s deep layers of complexity. The EP Carrillo Encore Black is handmade in the Dominican Republic. 

• Brands
  EP Carrillo Encore Black

  The Encore Black cigar was released by EP Carillo as a follow-up to their award-winning Encore cigar. It is a bolder and spicier reimagined version of the original with more layers of complexity. The blend’s dark, muscular Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper is supported by a Mexican San Andres binder and a Nicaraguan filler composed of leaves from Esteli, Condega, and Jalapa, regions well-known for their excellent tobaccos. The leaves are aged and undergo a meticulous hand-fermentation process, which contributes to the cigar’s unique flavor profile and enjoyment. The cigar’s memorable blend is matched by its superb construction and represents the Perez-Carrillo family’s passion and dedication to crafting memorable cigars.
• 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"3/8

  This cigar is 5"3/8 inches long, or 136.53 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
  52

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 52, so his diameter is 52/64 inches or 20.57 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• 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 Connecticut Broadleaf

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Connecticut Broadleaf is grown in the United States' Connecticut Valley and is prized for its dark, oily, full flavored and aromatic characteristics. The plants are grown in full sun giving this cigar wrapper its characteristic sweetness. The Connecticut Broadleaf plant leaves are mainly processed as maduro tobacco. Today, Connecticut Broadleaf seeds are being grown in other countries besides the United States.
• Cigar Binder
  Mexican San Andres

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  The San Andres region in Mexico is known for producing some of the best tobacco in the world. The tobacco is stalk cut and valued for its rich dark color and used to make noteworthy maduro wrappers and binders.
• Cigar Filler
  Condega

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

  Esteli

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

  Jalapa

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  811167022725
  811167022718
• Magazine rating
  88