Selected Tobacco is now shipping the 2024 edition of the Atabey Black Ritos. This limited production, small-batch cigar features a 2019 vintage of the original blend. It’s a cigar that was also the cigar industry’s first NFT project. The 2024 edition of the Atabey Black is being carried by ten retailers. This includes United Cigar (who distributes Selected Tobacco) branded lounges, and those retailers that purchased the boxes of the NFT.
In 2021, the Atabey Black made its debut in a conceptual form where digital art of the project was first offered up. NFT enthusiasts were able to purchase “conceptual” boxes at a set price of $1,200.00 for single cigars. The proceeds from the NFT project were donated to Cigar Rights of the World. Meanwhile, Selected Tobacco and Atabey creator Nelson Alfonso were already aging the 2018 vintage of the actual Atabey Black Ritos cigar. Last year, Atabey Black came to reality and made its debut at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show.
The blend features a dark Ecuador wrapper around fillers of Dominican and Peruvian tobaccos. The cigars go though a five-year aging process in rooms of different cedars and French oak. Like the NFT that was sold, the Atabey Black comes in one size – the 6 1/8 x 55 Ritos.
The following are the ten retailers that will be carrying the 2024 edition of the Atabey Black:
Ambassador Fine Cigars, Phoenix, AZ
Byron Cigar Lounge, Schaumburg, IL
Cigarz on the Ave, Winter Park, FL
Corona CIgar Company, Orlando FL
Franklin Cigars, Franklin, TN
Industrial Cigar Co., Frisco, TX
Maxamar Ultimate Cigars, Orange, CA
Red Beard Cigar Co., Cottonwood, AZ
Tobacco Leaf, Robbinsville, NJ
Two Guys Smoke Shop, Nashua, NH
The Atabey Black Ritos 2019 vintage carries a price point of $50.00 per cigar. That is the same price as the 2018 vintage.
For more information on the Atabey Black Ritos, see our 2023 PCA Trade Show coverage:
Image Credits: Selected Tobacco/United Cigars
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