HOMELa Vereda from Crowned Heads is being made at Erenesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.’s Tabacalera La Alianza S.A. in the Dominican Republic. Just seven pairs or rollers are making the cigars, and in order to focus on quality, they were asked to slow down the speed at which they make cigars to just 60 percent. “La Vereda is a blend I’m truly proud of and would have loved to have had as a brand in our EPC Cigar portfolio, but I’m happy that Crowned Heads has it as they are part of our extended family,” said Perez-Carrillo Jr. in a press release. “La Vereda is clearly a case of the tobaccos and required aging periods dictating the production timeline,” said Jon Huber, co-founder of Crowned Heads, in a press release. “Ernesto and I had a vision of what we wanted the final blend expression to be, and ultimately, it came down to not only the tobaccos selected, but also having the patience to get the tobaccos where they needed to be even before the cigars were rolled. A lot of brand owners think of themselves as being the conductor of an orchestra, when in reality, the tobaccos are conducting and evervone else in the process is simply a player in the orchestra.”
