Gellis Family Saunter 5"1/8 * 48

The Gellis Family Cigars Saunter is a medium-strength cigar made at Tabacalera La iSLA in the Dominican Republic. It uses a smooth Ecuadorian Connecticut Desflorada wrapper, an Ecuadorian binder, and filler tobaccos from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Expected tasting notes to include earth, cedar, and a hint of baking spice. The name "Saunter" suggests how it should be enjoyed: slowly, calmly, and without rush.

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

Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.

This cigar is 5"1/8 inches long, or 130.17 mm.

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.

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.

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Claro wrapper is light, yellowish brown in color.

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Tabacalera La Isla is owned and operated by Hostos Fernandez Quesada. Hostos has been in the cigar industry for twenty years and is the nephew of Manuel “Manolo” Quesada of the famed Quesada Cigars. Located in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Tabacalera La Isla was established in 2020.

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.

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 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.