Fernando Leon Family Reserve Founder’s Choice 5"1/2 * 42

The Fernando Leon Family Reserve Founder’s Choice is a medium-bodied premium cigar made in the Dominican Republic by La Aurora, the island's oldest manufacturer of cigars. This extraordinary corona features a gourmet blend that was originally only available to friends and family of La Aurora's former president, the legendary Don Fernando Leon. Beginning in 2012, the secret was shared with the entire world. Carrying a Dominican Corojo wrapper and binder on top of a hearty mix of Brazilian, Dominican, and Peruvian fillers, this deliciously complex smoke will astound your palate with notes of oak, earth, and leather, with a spicy, chocolaty finish.

• Cigar Shape
  Corona

  The corona size is typically 5.5 inches with a ring gauge of 40 to 44.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  5"1/2

  This cigar is 5"1/2 inches long, or 139.7 mm.
• 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.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  42

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 42, so his diameter is 42/64 inches or 16.76 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Natural

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Natural wrapper, also known as Colorado Claro, is light brown in color.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  La Aurora

  La Aurora is a family owned and operated cigar factory established in Santiago, Dominican Republic in 1903 by Don Eduardo Leon Jimenes, the grandfather of its current President, Guillermo Leon. La Aurora is the oldest cigar factory in the Dominican Republic.
• Cigar Wrapper
  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.
• Cigar 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.
• Cigar Filler
  Brazil

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
  Brazil produces rich, medium to strong, dark tobaccos with a sweet taste and aroma. Most of the cigar production is concentrated on the eastern coast of Brazil, in the state of Bahia.

  Dominican Republic

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
  Filler (or “tripa” in Spanish) is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar. The Dominican Republic is considered one of the most premier tobacco growing countries in the world. The filler tobacco grown in this Caribbean island nation ranges from mild to full bodied. Olor Dominicano and Piloto Cubano are the main types of tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic.

  Peru

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• Magazine rating
  89