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Two days inside El Reloj, J.C. Newman

Locked in the warehouse of one of the oldest cigar factories in the United States, opening bale after bale to get a blend right.

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Two days inside El Reloj, J.C. Newman — April 26, 2024
1 of ~28hands trusted with the Opus X — the same ones at your partyCigar Journal, 2016
6 minfrom loose leaf to a cigar in your guest’s handHis own words
150+nights that ended with the room around his tableFranklin’s own count
I have been lock up for 2 days in the Reloj J.C. Newman Cigar Company very concentrated on making & exploring the Tobacco where house opening all of the tobacco belts to make sure that I was making the right and special blend for my mentor the Tampa Boy. Carlos Carlito Fuente Jr. Birthday celebration!!
Franklin PichardoPosted April 26, 2024
Trusted with the Fuente Opus X—At the Fuente table since 1995—Formula 1 Miami’s official roller—Featured in Cigar Journal—Chosen by Hublot, Tudor and Bell & Ross—

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Franklin Pichardo has been rolling since 1995, the year Arturo Fuente released the first Opus X — and he is one of the few in the world the family cleared to roll it.

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