Casa Magna Connecticut Toro Cigar (6.5 x 52)

Manuel Quesade became the first cigar manufacturer to work out of the Santiago Free Trade Zone in the Dominican Republic when he launched his Manufactura de Tabacos S.A. cigar factory there in 1974. The story goes that he made it all happen armed only "with $100, a chair, and a phone!" With over 50 years now in the business, his children, nieces, and nephews have now begun working in the business as well to carry the company to the next generations.

Coming in as the lightest blend of the Casa Magna lines, the Connecticut line steps away from their usual smoking experience, but still delivers robust and intense flavors. The cigar features an Ecuadorian-Connecticut wrapper overtop of Nicaraguan binder and fillers. This is the second Casa Magna to be released from Quesada's Tabacos de Exportación factory in the Dominican Republic. This blend is available in a Toro, Robusto, and Petite Corona vitola, shown here is the Toro.

"I have always enjoyed Connecticut wrapper, and of late, the Ecuadorian Connecticut blends very well with our way of making cigars... The Casa Magna Connecticut, however, was blended in the Casa Magna style; robust, intense, and capable of involving the totality of the palate to fully enjoy the smoking of the cigar." - Manuel "Manolo" Quesada Jr.