Casa Magna Maduro Robusto Cigar (5 x 54)

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.

Rachel Quesada, the president of Quesada Cigars, spent a year working with her father and their team to develop their Maduro line. Produced at Quesada's Tabacos de Exportación (TABADEX) factory in the Dominican Republic, the blend features a Mexican San Andrés wrapper with Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and United States. The cigar is available in a Toro, Lancero, and Robusto vitola, shown here is the Robusto.