{"product_id":"the-prototype-that-made-the-cut","title":"THE PROTOTYPE THAT MADE THE CUT","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PROTOTYPE THAT MADE THE CUT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive Unreleased Thick Robustos — Only 10 Five-Packs Available\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFactories are always sending us prototypes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDifferent wrappers. Different proportions. Different ideas rolled into tobacco, lit on fire, judged, and usually forgotten. Most never make it past the first few inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis one made the cut.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a thick\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 x 54 Robusto\u003c\/b\u003e, finished with a traditional pigtail head and packed with the kind of rich Nicaraguan character that immediately gets your attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the blend is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003efirst-generation Corojo ’99\u003c\/b\u003e, cultivated in Nicaragua under the direction of a Cuban master agronomist. The tobacco is grown in Jalapa, where the red earth carries an unmistakable resemblance to the great tobacco regions of Cuba—but with access to the agricultural resources and fertilizers Cuba no longer has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a bold, old-world Cuban flavor profile: rich Corojo, deep Nicaraguan filler, a subtle natural sweetness, caramel, roasted coffee, and a distinctive salty finish that stays on the palate long after the smoke leaves your mouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is powerful without becoming crude. Rich without losing balance. The sort of cigar that makes you stop talking for a moment and pay attention to what is happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a regular-production Padilla blend. There are no thousands of boxes waiting behind it. We are still experimenting with tobacco from this Cuban agronomist’s fields, and what I have smoked so far has been superb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo I am releasing a small number at a price that is almost unreasonable:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive Unreleased Cigars — Only $40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is just\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e$8 per cigar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor a blend that may never be produced again in this exact form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have only\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 five-packs available\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick up one. Better yet, pick up two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause prototypes disappear. And once these are smoked, there will be nothing left but the memory of how good they were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Padilla Cigars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52586562453778,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/1504\/7442\/files\/unnamed_a3bb7ad2-250e-4836-8192-91ff5906867e.jpg?v=1786042226","url":"https:\/\/www.padillacigars.com\/products\/the-prototype-that-made-the-cut","provider":"Padilla Cigars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}