Originally Posted by
Browns7213
On sale April 15th.
L'Atelier Côte d'Or features a small amount of Pelo de Oro tobacco that has been grown in Nicaragua by the Garcia family of My Father Cigars. Pelo de Oro is notoriously difficult to grow, as it's prone to disease and produces low yields, which makes it quite an investment for a tobacco grower. However, it's a tobacco varietal renown by cigarmakers for its combination of strength and sweet flavor.
Côte is wrapped by the same Ecuadoran Sancti Spiritus leaf seen on the L'Atelier Selection Spéciale series of cigars, while the all-Nicaraguan double binder and filler blend has been tweaked to incorporate the Pelo do Oro.
The cigar, which measures 7 inches long by 47 ring gauge, retails for $16 and sports an all-white band with the embossed gold-foil L'Atelier leaf logo. Côte is packaged in glossy white boxes of 10, of which only 2,100 have been produced.