Patoro
- Founded in
- 2001 — Suisse ; chez De Los Reyes
- Factories
- Sans usine — De Los Reyes Cigars (Augusto Reyes), Santiago
- Countries
- Rép. Dominicaine
Patoro is a Swiss house that has its cigars rolled in the Dominican Republic, and the entry classifies it where the rolling happens — like those of Villiger and other Swiss houses. Patrick J. Martin created it and has sold in Europe since 2001; he chose the Dominican Republic for the land, and De Los Reyes, Augusto Reyes's factory in Santiago whose entry this atlas carries, for the workshop.
The catalogue grew line by line: Gran Añejo Reserva in 2001, Platino in 2003, then Vintage, VA, Brasil and the Serie P. The detail that tells the trade is that the Serie P sold in the United States is not the one sold in Europe — Brazilian wrapper and binder over Dominican filler for America, another blend for the Old Continent. One band, two cigars, and the house says so.
In the United States, it is C.L.E. — Christian Eiroa's house, him again — that distributes the American edition of the Serie P. The Eiroa name thus appears on a seventh entry of this atlas that is not his own.
Range Depth
Gran Añejo Reserva
The first line, in 2001.
Platino
Since 2003.
Serie P
Two cigars under one band: the American edition, in Brazilian wrapper and binder, is not the European one. Distributed in the US by C.L.E.
Source : patoro.com « History » et cigar-coop.com « Patoro Vintage Robusto Launched for U.S. Market at 2017 IPCPR » (Patrick J. Martin, Suisse ; vend en Europe depuis 2001 ; Gran Añejo Reserva en 2001, Platino en 2003, puis Vintage, VA, Brasil, Serie P ; la Serie P américaine diffère de l'européenne — cape et sous-cape brésiliennes, tripe dominicaine) ; cigaraficionado.com « CLE to Distribute Patoro Serie P U.S.A. Edition » (distribution américaine par C.L.E.) ; neptunecigar.com (faite à la fabrique d'Augusto Reyes) ; halfwheel.com « Patoro Platino Perfecto »