In 2020, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s Pledge Prequel earned a 98-point rating and the top spot on Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 list. Five years later, he’s back with a tribute to that legendary blend — and he pulled out something special to build it. The Pledge Purple is wrapped in the same Havana-seed Connecticut leaf sourced from Dunn & Foster in Connecticut that went onto the very first run of Pledge in 2020, now nearly a decade aged. Beyond the wrapper, this is an entirely new blend: a Mexican binder anchors a three-region Nicaraguan filler selection spanning Estelí, Condega, and Ometepe, delivering a full-flavored, medium-full body that builds with beautiful complexity from first light to finish. Box-pressed and presented in striking purple packaging, limited to just 3,500 boxes of ten released in stages throughout the year. If you missed the original Pledge magic, this 6×54 Toro is your moment.
