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From day one they chose to work with \u003cstrong\u003eKlaas Kelner\u003c\/strong\u003e, son of legendary Dominican blender Henke Kelner, whose own factory, \u003cstrong\u003eKelner Cigars S.A.S.\u003c\/strong\u003e, opened in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Dawn came out of a production visit to that factory. The Avowed team described their ideal all-day cigar to Klaas, and he answered with a single blend — not a lineup of prototypes, just one. The team fell for it immediately and named it for the moment it represented: the sun setting on one era and a new one beginning. It became one of Avowed's two inaugural regular-production lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Wrapper\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Dawn is dressed in top-grade \u003cstrong\u003edark Ecuadorian Connecticut\u003c\/strong\u003e from A.S.P., and that leaf is aged for \u003cstrong\u003etwice the usual time\u003c\/strong\u003e before rolling. This is not the pale, straw-colored Connecticut most smokers picture: it shows a warm caramel-to-light-brown shade with a touch of oil and a silky feel. 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