Out of the many cigars that get released and rated each year we are honored to be once again part of Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of the Year for 2018 receiving #1!  E.P. Carrillo Cigars and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo have been awarded with a Top 25 distinction 8 out of the last 9 years and a top 5 finish in 3 out of the last 5!
 
From the same legendary brand that brought you La Historia, Carrillo Cigars now proudly presents Encore – a masterful blend of 100% Nicaraguan tobacco, a wrapper perfected with an age-old tercios process, and finally, two full years of aging for exceptional balance, smoothness, and complexity.
 
Encore is the next part of the Perez-Carrillo Series within the E. P. Carrillo cigar line up. The series honors the generations of family that have been part of the long heritage of the Perez-Carrillo name, which has been known in the cigar industry for years. Ernesto is the third generation, following in the footsteps of his father and family before him who have all been integrally involved in making cigars for generations. This family legacy is the inspiration for the Perez-Carrillo Series – decades of knowledge and talent, distilled into unique blends that are the masterful works of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo himself. Only these cigars earn the distinction of bearing the family name, and each vitola is an homage to someone within the family. The series represents the pride and joy of the Perez-Carrillo family and the next great chapter in an ongoing story of excellence.

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