Cohiba

As one of the best-known Cuban-legacy brands in the world, Cohiba casts a wide net of cigar lovers who’ve given it a try. Back in Cuba, the brand was originally conceived as personal blend for Dictator Fidel Castro and was not widely distributed to consumers for many years. Today, the premium cigar market in the U.S. enjoys access to a Cohiba that’s handcrafted in the Dominican Republic, while the Cuban version enjoys a burgeoning audience in a host of other nations. The Dominican Cohiba is handmade for the portfolio of tobacco conglomerate General Cigar Company alongside other iconic brands, including Macanudo, La Gloria Cubana, Punch, and many more. Cohiba is drafted from a delicate reddish-hued Cameroon wrapper leaf and an interior of Dominican and Indonesian tobaccos. Medium-bodied notes of peppers, wood, and leather culminate with a bit of sweetness in an approachable finish.