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Don Kiki Brown Label

When Karen Berger (aka the Cigar Queen due to her hard-earned experience in the cigar industry) met and married the legendary cigar impresario Don Kiki Berger, it was a marriage made in cigar heaven. Together, they created Don Kiki Cigars, which is a seed-to-cigar crafter with a tradition of generating memorable smokes. Their Don Kiki Brown Label exemplifies their fine tradition. Handmade in Esteli, Nicaragua, the Don Kiki Brown Label wears a dark, brown Ecuadorian Criollo wrapper that masterfully cloaks a Corojo binder and premium Nicaraguan fillers. This winning combination blends perfectly to give the Don Kiki Brown Label its woodsy, chocolatey, and spicy flavor profile. A medium to full bodied cigar, the Don Kiki Brown Label’s complex, yet balanced flavors and aromas will satisfy veteran and novice cigar aficionados alike.

Cigar Origin
Nicaragua
Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
Strength

Full
Wrapper Color
Mixed
Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Some cigars have two different wrappers that are placed in a decorative manner, such as the barber pole or pinstripe cigar.
Wrapper
Ecuadorian
The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world.
Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. This climate allows tobacco growers to grow Connecticut-seed wrapper in the shade without shade cloths, resulting in more economical wrapper.
Maduro
The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Featuring the darkest color found in cigar wrappers, maduro leaves are dark brown to almost black in color, and come from the primings furthest up on the plant. Having seen more sun, maduro wrappers tend to be richer and contain more nicotine than their lighter counterparts. Although somewhat intimidating in appearance, do not assume that all maduros are super strong - many can be milder than other types of wrappers, as well as naturally sweeter.
Binder
Nicaragua
The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.
Nicaraguan cigar binders are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Binders grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro binders are all produced in Nicaragua.
Filler
Cuban Seed Nicaraguan
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
Esteli Cigar Factory
The Esteli Cigar Factory, S.A. is a seed-to-cigar family-owned company that is located in Esteli, Nicaragua, which is considered one of the top tobaccos and cigar producing regions in the world. It is owned by Karen Berger, aka the Cigar Queen, who was the wife of the late cigar legend Henry “Don Kiki” Berger. The Esteli Cigar Factory produces their own brand of cigars such as the Don Kiki and the K by Karen Berger.