La Aurora Reserva Especial 2008 6"1/4 * 52

The oldest manufacturer of Dominican tobacco, La Aurora has piqued the interest of smokers everywhere by selecting one specific year's crop as one of the most noteworthy and memorable. The La Aurora Reserva Especial 2008 is a medium-bodied Dominican figurado featuring an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and binder that holds a hearty mix of meticulously aged Dominican, Brazilian and Nicaraguan fillers, including the coveted 2008 tobacco spotlighted in its title. Notes of cedar, earth, and roasted almonds swarm your palate, accompanied by a slight spice to balance it all out wonderfully. Truly the epitome of smooth complexity, the La Aurora Reserva Especial 2008 certainly deserves your undivided attention.

• Brands
  La Aurora Reserva Especial

  La Aurora has produced worthy cigars in the Dominican Republic for over a hundred years, so for them to single out the 2008 crop as one of the most noteworthy and memorable means you should certainly pay attention. With an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and binder housing premium aged Dominican, Nicaraguan and Brazilian filler, this medium-bodied cigar contains wonderful notes of cedar, earth and roasted almonds, with an exquisite spice that never becomes overbearing. Available in a single 6 1/4 x 52 Belicoso size, this exceptional blend is offered in boxes of 10, with only 500 total boxes made. Don't miss out on the chance to sample some of the finest Dominican tobacco to ever leave the island.
• Cigar Shape
  Torpedo

  The Torpedo was traditionally a fat cigar with two closed, tapered ends. Today, it is any cigar with a cut foot and straight body which tapers to a closed, pointed head.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  6"1/4

  This cigar is 6"1/4 inches long, or 158.75 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
  52

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 52, so his diameter is 52/64 inches or 20.57 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Colorado

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Colorado is a medium brown color also known as EMS or English Market Selection as this used to be the color with more popularity in England than in America.
• Single Packaging
  None
• 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
  Ecuadorian Sumatra-Seed

  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.
• Cigar Binder
  Ecuador Sumatra

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Ecuador Sumatra tobacco is made from Sumatra-seeds that been cultivated in Ecuador, one of the most ideal locations for growing tobacco. The leaves tend to be dark and rich in flavor.
• 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.

  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  7465603127074