These cigars have been rated number 5 in world by Cigar Aficionado in 2006. The name Exodus refers to the exile of Cuban families from Castro's regime in 1959. Among these exiled families was the Toraño family, experienced cigarmakers who took their craft to Honduras. The Exodus 1959 cigar is made of a Habano wrapper and a medium bodied blend of tobaccos from the Caribbean and Central America.