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Cigars Made In Dominican Republic

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Dominican Cigars

Cigar lovers everywhere know that the Dominican Republic has replaced Cuba as a prime exporter of cigars. Tobacco is the Dominican Republics oldest crop. It was being cultivated by the Taino Indians before Columbus arrived, and it has long been a stable agricultural export. The second largest city in DR, Santiago, is the main hub for receiving tobacco from the Cibao Valley where the tobacco is grown. It is then shipped to other parts of the country.

The United States is Dominican Republics number one importer of cigars. They also are also sold to Europe in large quantities. The quality of Dominican cigars has put the DR in the lead in sales of units, volume and value with the country taking the lead in hand-made cigars. Dominican cigar varieties have a superior quality overall with products having a great variety of colors aromas and prices. The darker the color of the cigar wrapper means the sweeter and stronger the flavor of the cigar will be. This is because there is more oil and sugar content

There are 10 medium and large-sized manufacturers in the country, employing over 15,000 people. When counting the smaller factories and the workers preparing the tobacco and the farms it is estimated that there more than 70,000 Dominicans that make a living from the crop according to the Association of Cigar Producers (Procigar).  Some of the most popular Dominican cigar brands include Arturo Fuente, Carbonell, Juan Clemente, La Aurora, León Jimenes, Montecristo, Romeo y Julietas and Thiriet Mercedes.

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Museo del Tabaco/ Museum of Tobacco follows the history of the five-century-old tobacco industry in Dominican Republic. You can also see a demonstration of how cigars are made.
Location: Santiago, 30 de Marzo and 16 de Agosto, near the cathedral
Hours: Tuesday through Friday 9AM to noon and 2PM to 5PM, Saturday from 9AM to noon
Entrance is free

Buy/ Purchase your cigars here at Cuban Crafters. They do have some wonderful Dominican Republic cigars to choose from as well.

Below are a few examples of the cigars available. Check out Cuban Crafters for cigars, humidors and all your cigar supplies.
Dominican Coronas Maduro Cigars Medium-Bodied 6 X 44 Bundle of 25
Dominican Corona Maduro cigars are handmade in the Dominican Republic by a top cigar maker. Their medium-bodied taste will have you enjoying them all the way down to the nub. Cuban-seed Dominican Piloto is blended with Olor tobacco. It's all in a Cuban-seed Piloto binder and a Maduro sun-grown wrapper. The cigars have to be special, and these Dominican long-filler Corona Maduro cigars are. This combination of aged tobacco provides a medium-bodied smoke with smooth, slightly sweet tobacco tastes and notes of almonds, cedar and licorice. The finish brings in licorice and coffee. Aged in a cedar aging room for over 2 years, these Coronas were hand-packed in bundles of 25 cigars for us. At this price, there's no other Maduro Corona that even comes close.
Boutique Premium Dominican Cigars Connecticut Torpedo 6 x 54 - Bundle of 25
These premium Habanot Torpedo cigars are skillfully handmade in the Dominican Republic. Aged Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco, all Cuban-seed and perfectly blended, is finished off with an aged Dominican binder and a nice Habano-seed wrapper that was shade-grown in Ecuador. This blend is mild to medium bodied and the taste includes naturally sweet tobacco, nuts, creamy nutmeg and cedar.

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Dominican Republic produced more than 1.7 billion cigars for the 2012-2013 cigar harvest, as reported in Diario Libre. Dominican Tobacco Institute director Juan Francisco Caraballo says that cigar exports for the period generated US$577.3 million for the country. Caraballo says there is a new demand in the US market for machine-produced cigars made with local tobacco. The US is the lead market for Dominican cigars. Around 5,500 tobacco producers employ 45,000 farm workers on the tobacco plantations, but the total production is responsible for around 108,935 jobs.

Make sure to stop in and see a cigar being rolled. Even if you do not smoke the smell is wonderful. If you do smoke be sure and buy a good cigar and enjoy it with a good glass of red wine, dark rum, or cup of strong Dominican coffee.  If you have never smoked a cigar before remember, DO NOT INHALE. Breathe in through your nose, while gently pulling the smoke into your mouth, hold it there for a second, let the smoke dance around the inside of your mouth, then gently exhaling again. Some say it is bad luck to tap off the ash on the end, so make a game out of it and see how long your ash can get. Sit back and enjoy the Dominican sabor (flavor).

Cigars from Dominican Republic placed in eight of the top 25 places according to the Cigar Aficionado Magazine's (http://www.cigaraficionado.com) February, 2005 Top 25 cigar list. The DR got eight of the Top 25 spots. Cuba came in second with seven cigars. The #1 rating this year went to Santiago-produced Fuente Opus X Double Corona. Judging is based on consistency, price, tastings, availability and production.

The cigars from Dominican Republic that placed are: Fuente Opus X (#1), Aurora Preferidos Connecticut No. 1 (#6), La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel (#7), Fuente's Ashton Heritage Puro Sol Corona Gorda (#8), Bolivar Churchill (#11), Arturo Fuente Best-Seller (#12), Zino Platinum Sceptor Series Chubby Tubos (#21) and Macanudo Hyde Park Cafe (#23).

Fuente cigars are hand-rolled in the Dominican Republic. Only 75 hand-rolled cigars are made a day. "The cigar is the pinnacle of full flavor" (Cigar Aficionado review). This cigar sells for around $14.50 in the States. Since it is rolled in limited numbers only 65,000 cigars were made in 2005. Thus the demand far exceeds the supply of this fine Dominican Republic cigar.

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The process of rolling a cigar

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(top - bottom) Cigars in the cigar press

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Completed cigars bundled ready for smoking or shipping

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