First Look: Cusano Corojo

Cuban cigars became famous mostly for their great tasting and potent native wrapper leaf called Corojo. Because Cuba could not produce enough Corojo leaf to meet production targets they looked elsewhere to grow Corojo wrapper. Tobacco producers experimented outside of Cuba trying to grow Corojo in Ecuador and Honduras while Habanos started testing alternative wrappers.

Ecuador has demonstrated an ability, through technology and climate, to replicate some of the finest wrapper in the world. In some cases, the Connecticut Shade coming out of Ecuador today is better than that of Connecticut. An experimental crop of Corojo was harvested in 1996 and, while intended for Cuba, Michael Cusano of DomRey Cigars was fortunate enough to taste it and was impressed. DomRey Cigars purchased the entire crop (enough to wrap one million cigars) and created the Cusano Corojo - 1996 vintage. The Corojo wrapper leaf grown in Ecuador has none of the problems that are found in the Cuban (susceptibility to disease) or the Honduran grown Corojo (unreliable burn) and offers the cigar lover a wrapper to remember.

By integrating their strongest Dominican filler and binder, Cusano's Corojo is multidimensional and offers a potent, well rounded flavor. Be careful, like Cubans this cigar may make you dizzy while tantalizing your entire palette.

Cusano Corojo is "ProCigar Certified" as original Corojo - Vintage 1996 and is one of the highest quality cigars produced in the Dominican Republic today.

Cusano Corojo is available now in three sizes: Robusto, Toro and Churchill. The cigars are packaged 20 per box and are priced between $60.00 and $75.00 per box.