Cigars from Mexico

Mexico's contribution to cigars is mostly its wrapper leaf. San Andrés Negro, grown in the Tuxtla valley near Lake Catemaco, is fermented slowly until it turns dark and oily, and it is used as a maduro wrapper on cigars made all over the world. Dark, sweet, and unmistakable.

Soil
Humid volcanic soil of the San Andrés Tuxtla valley, between Lake Catemaco and the Gulf
Character
Bittersweet cocoa, espresso, black cherry, earth, leather
Curing
Years of stalk curing and slow oxidation, which is what darkens a maduro wrapper

Makers:Ramon Allones

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