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Don Julio Cigars

The Don Julio cigar brand was created to honor Don Julio Samuel Reyes Fermin. He was a third generation tobacco grower who, at one time, operated De Los Reyes Cigars, which is a family owned and operated commpany. The company is now into its sixth generation. Don Julio cigars are handmade at the De Los Reyes factory in the Dominican Republic.

Don Julio Punta Espada

Don Julio Punta Espada Belicoso 6 3/4 * 54, Box of 24

Don Julio Punta Espada Gordo 6 * 58, Box of 24

Don Julio Punta Espada Gigante 7 * 60, Box of 24

The Don Julio Punta Espada is a mild cigar that is hand rolled by De Los Reyes cigar company in the Dominican Republic. Its reddish Dominican Corojo wrapper drapes a Dominican Corojo binder and a filler made of Dominican Habano and Dominican Ligero leaves. The Don Julio Punta Espada has a complexity of flavors that includes natural tobacco, citrus, pepper, and grass.

Cigar Origin
Dominican Republic
Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
Strength

Medium
Wrapper Color
Colorado
Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Colorado is a medium brown color also known as EMS or English Market Selection as this used to be the color with more popularity in England than in America.
Wrapper
Corojo
The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Corojo wrapper was first developed in Cuba in the 1930s and quickly became popular as the wrapper on some of the best cigars. By the end of the 90s, Cuba stopped growing Corojo wrapper because of its susceptibility to pests and diseases. Ironically, Corojo wrapper has since become more popular outside of Cuba, as it has been replicated in tobacco farms in Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
Dominican
The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
The main tobacco region in the Dominican Republic is the Cibao valley in the northern part of the island. In the 60s, Cuban seeds were brought here by exiled Cuban cigar makers and found that they grew exceptional cigar tobacco, called Piloto Cubano. The native Dominican tobacco, called Olor, is milder than Piloto Cubano yet more aromatic. The first company to grow Dominican tobacco for cigar wrapper was Tabacalera Arturo Fuente in 1995.
Binder
Dominican Corojo
The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.
Dominican Republic is a traditional tobacco-growing country. Corojo seeds were brought to the Dominican Republic from Cuba to produce excellent quality wrapper and binder leaves.
Filler
Dominican Ligero
Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
Dominican Habano
Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
Havana Vuelta Arriba
Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
Rolled by
Handmade
Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
Manufacturer
De Los Reyes Cigars, SRL
Based in the Dominican Republic, De Los Reyes Cigars, SRL is a family owned and operated company that has been in the cigar industry for more than 160 years. Their cigars are handmade at the family’s factory, which is run by Nirka Reyes (who represents the family’s sixth generation in the industry).