First Look: Montecristo Cigare des Arts

January 1999

Wrapper: Indonesian TBN
Filler: Dominican Republic
Binder: Dominican Republic

Manufacturer: Consolidated Cigar Corp.
Marketer: Consolidated Cigar Corp.
Origin: Santiago, Dominican Republic

Release Date: October 1998

Description: Cigar lovers desiring a fuller bodied cigar will take pleasure in Montecristo's Le Cigare des Arts Cuban legacy. Discriminating cigar smokers will appreciate the rich, robust taste and aromatic influence of the finest Dominican long filler and binder tobaccos combined with a specially selected shade grown TBN wrapper from the fertile fields of east Indonesia.

Renowned French artist and acclaimed master of the naif trade, Michel Delacroix, was specially commissioned by Consolidated Cigars to create the box art for this new line. Known for his Paris street scenes, Delecroix's Montecristo masterpiece depicts a Paris at an earlier time, when life was sweet and spirits gentle, and when the scent of wine, rich cigars, and the first roses of the season perfurmed the soft breezes of moon-lit summer evenings.