Casa de Garcia Maduro

The name of these cigars, Casa de Garcia Maduro, refers to the Tabacalera where these cigars are rolled. The Tabacalera de Garcia Cigar Factory was founded in 1971 by Pepe Garcia and is located in the city of La Romana in the south of the Dominican Republic. Garcia was part of the Menendez family who owned the H. Upmann cigar factory in Cuba until the family fled before the Cuban Revolution.

It used to be part of the Imperial Tobacco conglomerate, which in turn owns the cigar manufacturer Altadis (formerly General Cigars) and, for example, the US cigar retailer JR Cigars. Perhaps more interesting for us Europeans is that Imperial also held a 50% stake in Habanos S.A., the distribution organization for Cuban cigars. This came about because Imperial Tobacco acquired Altadis in 2008, which was formed from the merger of the French SEITA and the Spanish TABACALERA. In 2020, Imperial Tobacco completely divested its stake in the cigar business and now focuses solely on tobacco-free products. The buyer is a shell company based in Hong Kong, likely backed by three wealthy Chinese citizens. One initial consequence of this sale is the shift in distribution of Vegafina cigars (also produced in the Tabacalera Garcia) from Villiger to 5th Avenue, in which this shell company holds a 51% stake. Let's see if Casa de Garcia cigars will also "migrate" there at some point...

This Maduro variant is the second line of these very affordable bundles from the Dominican Republic. The Casa de Garcia Connecticut Bundles, initially introduced in Germany in 2012, have since become one of our best sellers.

The Casa de Garcia Maduro cigars are crafted with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and binder. The filler consists of Dominican and Honduran tobaccos. These cigars, predominantly tasting of chocolate and a hint of coffee, will undoubtedly be just as popular as their lighter "sisters"!