CLE Cigar Company announces the release of the Asylum Sensorium. Asylum, recognized for its bold and edgy cigars, will take another leap forward, as the Sensorium is categorized as a super-premium blend.
Sensorium is defined as: “The parts of the brain or the mind concerned with the reception and interpretation of sensory stimuli.” A Honduran puro featuring multiyear-aged tobacco to include the Eiroa family’s signature Authentic Corojo. What brings this new Asylum brand up a notch will be the use of first-generation Cuban-seed Piñareno tobacco.
Christian Eiroa, President of CLE Cigar Company, stated: “The Asylum brand of cigars allows us to keep pushing the boundaries. This is what the consumer expects from us. Such was the case this time with the Asylum Sensorium. We used some first-generation Piñareno seeds from Cuba that my father grew in Jamastran. He has had this seed for decades but had not grown it since 1979 when blue mold swept through Honduras in 1977. Any attempts to grow it in Honduras have yielded continuous losses of 25 – 40% on the field due to its susceptibility to everything. Piñareno is truly the tastiest tobacco I have ever tasted, and I feel it is worth the sacrifice. One could say that I am “all in” with the Piñareno tobacco, and the Sensorium will be the first time someone gets to try it. This tobacco is so special to me that we are only offering it to those with whom we can sit down and explain the cigar to. This means that both Tom and I will be doing a lot of traveling as we introduce this new tobacco.”
Tom Lazuka, C.L.E. Cigars VP of Sales and co-founder of Asylum said,” Christian and I are especially proud of this blend. The Asylum Sensorium was a long time in the making. We are confident that this blend will bring something new to the table for the Asylum Cigar smoker.”
The Asylum Sensorium comes in two sizes, the Asen 18 and Asen 60. The Asen 18 comes in the company’s classic 11/18 size and measures 48/52 x 152mm (6″), while the Asen 60 comes in a 60 x 152mm (6″) Gordo size. Both are sold in twenty-count boxes, with each cigar sitting in its own coffin, and the MSRP is $50 for the Asen 18 and $60 for the Asen 60.