Alec Bradley to Release Two Revamps at IPCPR - Cigar News

"There is a natural succession among these premium iterations. We have taken two well-performing brands that are highly rated and fan favorites, and we introduced unique variations that still live up to their original namesake." Alan Rubin, Brand-owner.

Prensado Lost Art and Black Market Esteli are such stated "premium iterations" of Cigar Aficionado's 2011 Cigar of the Year, and Cigar Journal named Best Honduran Brand, respectively. This tandem maneuver gives AB fans reason to be excited for the first time in a couple of quite meh years. 

The Lost Art shall be a Nicaraguan/Honduran double-binder laid twixt Honduran top-leaf and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras. There'll be five box-pressed formats of Robusto 552, Gran Toro 6 1/4 x 52, Churchill 750, Torpedo 6 1/2 52, and "Double T" 660. 

The Black Market Esteli shall in turn be too a Nicaraguan/Honduran double-binder lo' with filler and top-leaf via Nicaragua. Formats shall include: Robusto 552, Toro 652, Churchill 750, Torpedo 6 1/2 x 52, and a 660 Gordo.

To be clear, look for these "premium iterations" at the 2017 IPCPR which was bumped from its original date/venue on account a' being so darn popular.