The man behind the original La Gloria Cubana franchise, Ernesto Perez Carrillo, debuted his eponymous E.P. Carrillo brand over ten years ago and has since built up a loyal audience of boutique enthusiasts. E.P. Carrillo Inch Maduro presents Ernesto’s uber-popular Inch brand with a sweet and succulent Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper over a complex recipe of long-filler tobaccos from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Ecuador. Inch is cleverly crafted for big ring gauge connoisseurs in a series of 60-ring and 60-ring-plus smokes that burn cool and slowly and deliver a medium to full-bodied profile of dark cocoa and chestnut with sweet, earthy spices. E.P. Carrillo Inch cigars are named in reference to their diameters, each of which is at least an inch.