Gran Habano Corojo Cigar

Corojo is the hardest tobacco to grow from seed to mature tobacco plant. It is a wrapper plagued with low yield, more susceptible to bugs, mold, disease, and has a higher damage rate, but it is one of, if not the best tobaccos used when creating a cigar; it is flavorful, stout, very oily, and gives a cigar a unique body. Corojo originated in Cuba in the mid-1940s and was the only wrapper seed grown in Cuba until 1997 when they switched to various Criollo hybrids that had a higher crop yield, but quality and flavor dropped when they switched seeds, so much so, that Cuba will be returning to the original Corojo. That is quite a testimony for the inherent qualities of Corojo seed. Much of the Corojo grown outside of Cuba is a hybrid Corojo, slightly different, but only slightly; it retains the Corojo seeds’ strengths but its low-yields also. Therefore it is economically difficult to produce Corojo cigars, but Gran Habano has produced an amazing Corojo for a very affordable price. The cigar is typical of those that use Corojo, full-bodied, rich, spicy and complex, but very balanced. This cigar is definitely not for the weak; it features a full-bodied blend of Costa Rican and Nicaraguan filler, with a Costa Rican binder, and a Nicaraguan grown Corojo wrapper. This blend creates a very leathery smoke, with tones of coffee flavors and a tantalizing spice. The Gran Habano Corojo cigar highlights all the qualities of the wonderful leaf called Corojo.