La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco Cigars

• Country: Dominican Republic
• Wrapper: Ecuador Sumatra
• Binder: Connecticut
• Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua
• Strength: Full

 

Mike’s Cigars is a proud merchant of La Gloria Cubana since the 1970’s. Oscar, My father-in-law and the former President of Mike’s Cigars have been a friend of Ernesto from the early days of EL CREDITO, when it was just a small cigar factory on Calle Ocho, in Little Havana Down Town Miami. Those days Ernesto had but a dozen rollers, sitting in a dusty store front and making the best cigars outside of Cuba. The only problem was, nobody knew. They were the best kept secret in town. This is why, on many occasions, Ernesto used to pick up the phone on slow Fridays, and call Oscar. “I have some good cigars for you”, he’d say and Oscar knew that this week Ernesto is short for pay roll. Oscar would buy more cigars and Ernesto makes his pay roll. Go think about it today. Well, nobody knew then that one day a big cigar boom’s gonna hit and Ernesto will become rich and famous over night? The truth is, it was not over night, and if anybody deserves this fortune it is definitely Ernesto. His cigars are still the best this side of the Florida Straits. The General Cigar Corp. continued with Ernesto proud tradition when the La Gloria Cubana Artesano Retro was introduced in 2011. Only at Mike's Cigars, we offer the absolute best deals on your favorite La Gloria Cubana cigars. Available in singles, packs and boxes, we're sure you'll find what you're looking for. Handcrafted from a blend of Dominican and double Nicaraguan ligero tobacco, this ground breaking figurado is a feat of cigar-making artistry, for it replicates the shape of the monument that inspired its creation. Novel construction evident at the first blush is bolstered by a triumph of superior blending by Benji Menendez, Michael Giannini and Rick Rodriguez, aka Team La Gloria Cubana. When the blend combines with the Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper and is exalted by its obelisk shape, this firecracker of a cigar “pops” with balanced, full-bodied flavor. Mike's Cigars carries the entire La Gloria Cubana product line, including the La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Obelisco, the Artesanos Tabaqueros, the Reserva Figurado, the Serie N, and the Serie R.