J.C. Newman has introduced a new size to its popular Diamond Crown Julius Caesar line. The Troublemaker is a 5 3/4 x 52 soft perfecto packaged in leather boxes of 20 cigars.
In a press release, J.C. Newman’s fourth-generation owner, Drew Newman, explained: “One of my longtime mentors is Rich Dolak, the vice president of operations at both J.C. Newman and Arturo Fuente. Since I was a teenager, I’ve sat in Rich’s office and listened to him teach me about the cigar business. Above Rich’s desk hangs a vintage poster with a unique cigar shape. Three years ago, I asked him, ‘Why can’t we roll a cigar like that?’
“We call it ‘The Troublemaker’ because it was very difficult to make. Rich used a knife to shape a dowel to match the cigar shown in the poster above his desk. We then used that hand-carved dowel to create custom cigar molds for this special size. Because this cigar was such a pain to create, the factory has another name for it. As that name is not appropriate to print, it’s officially called ‘The Troublemaker.'”
Each Julius Caesar The Troublemaker cigar has a suggested retail price of $17 before applicable taxes.