Foundation Olmec Maduro Corona Gorda 5"1/2 * 48

A potent yet flavorful smoke with deep notes of sweetness, spice, earth, and pepper. Its mouthwatering Mexican San Andres wrapper covers a Nicaraguan binder and filler leaves from Jalapa and Esteli. Handmade in Nicaragua at AJ Fernandez’s Tabacalera factory, the Foundation Olmec Maduro Corona Gorda’s filler tobaccos are bale-aged for three years before rolling to allow their flavors to develop. The wrapper leaves undergo a slow, low temperature fermentation process, which helps preserve its natural oils and enhances the cigar’s flavor profile. The results? A box worthy cigar that you will want to smoke again and again so order it by the box (or two).

• Brands
  Foundation Olmec Maduro

  The Foundation Olmec Maduro cigar line was crafted as a tribute to the Olmec civilization which occupied the San Andres region in Mexico as well as other regions between 1600 and 400 BCE. The Olmecs were known to have been one of the first civilizations to use mathematical formulas to build pyramids and smoke cigars. The Olmec Maduro cigars were also created to honor the distinct tobacco that comes from this region. Its dark chocolatey Mexican San Andres maduro wrapper undergoes a slow, low temperature fermentation process, which preserves the tobaccos’ oils and contributes to the cigar’s overall flavor profile. The cigar’s Nicaraguan filler leaves are bale-aged for three years prior to rolling. This careful aging process allows the tobacco to develop its distinct flavors.
• Cigar Shape
  Robusto

  The Robusto is a short Churchill size, traditionally 5 to 5.5 inches by a 50 ring gauge.
• 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
  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.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  48

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 48, so his diameter is 48/64 inches or 19.05 mm.
• Strength
  Full
• Wrapper Color
  Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  AJ Fernandez

  Cuban expatriate AJ Fernandez produces handmade cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua at the Tabacalera Fernandez factory. Fernandez learned everything he knows about tobacco and cigarmaking from his late grandfather, cigar legend Alejandro Robaina.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Mexican San Andres Maduro

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. San Andres Maduro is a thick, medium bodied dark leaf, also called San Andres Morron. Like Connecticut Broadleaf, San Andres Maduro is stalk cut and used for binder and wrapper.
• Cigar 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.
• Cigar Filler
  Esteli

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

  Jalapa

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