Cornelius & Anthony Debuts Second Premium Cigar

Source from:  Cigar Aficionado 03/29/2016

When Steven Bailey, tobacco scion and owner of Cornelius & Anthony, launched the Cornelius cigar, the brand paid homage to his family's 150-year history of growing tobacco in Virginia. Bailey named it after his great-great grandfather. He will again pay tribute to his family's legacy with his next cigar, Daddy Mac, named after his father, Mac Bailey, which is set to ship early next week.

The premium cigar company's sophomore smoke consists of Nicaraguan filler and an Ecuadoran binder draped in a Brazilian wrapper. The cigars are being produced at Erik Espinosa's La Zona factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, differing from Cornelius & Anthony's Cornelius cigars, which are produced at the El Titan de Bronze factory in Miami's Little Havana section.

Shipping in boxes of 20, Daddy Mac will come in four sizes: Gordo, measuring 6 inches by 60 ring gauge; Toro, 6 by 50; Robusto, 5 by 50; and Corona Gorda, 5 1/2 by 46. The cigars are slated to carry retail prices ranging from $8.50 to $11 per cigar.

Cornelius & Anthony is a subsidiary of the Bailey family's S&M Brands Inc., which produces Bailey, Tahoe and Riverside cigarettes, as well as smaller machine-made cigars. The family also grows and brokers tobacco under the company name Golden Leaf Tobacco. Enditem