Given the FDA-induced trend of what’s old is new again, it was of no surprise when I found out that Davidoff would be bringing back the cigar. The original cigar was a 5 1/2 x 48 robusto blended with seven different leaves, hence the name, but also a rarity for Davidoff who typically wouldn’t put more than four filler leaves. It used the Ecuadorian hybrid wrapper from the Millenium Blend, a Dominican olor binder and five different Dominican fillers, one of which was from 1996.
Earlier this year, the cigar returned to the market with Davidoff saying that once again the wrapper is from Ecuador, and a Dominican olor binder binds five Dominican fillers:
Olor Seco
Piloto Seco
Piloto Viso
San Vicente Ligero
San Vicente Viso
Pricing is set at $28.50 per cigar—nearly double the original 2004 version—and it is limited to 4,000 boxes of 10 cigars in the U.S.