Description

Davidoff has become known for integrating the Chinese Zodiac into one of their most sought-after blends, which finds the prestigious brand recognizing that year’s respective animal in a truly impressive offering. The Davidoff Year of the Pig 2019 is the eighth entry into the series, and is available in a hefty toro size that will best be saved for a special occasion. Featuring an Ecuadorian Habano 2000 wrapper covering a Mexican San Andres binder and Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers, the full-bodied Year of the Pig 2019 exudes utmost quality and construction, and demands respect as not just one of the most exclusive cigars on the market, but also as one of the most satisfying.

Specifications

• Cigar ShapeToroThe standard Toro shape is 6 inches by 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar SectionRoundMost cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length6″This cigar is 6 inches long, or 152.4 mm.
• OriginDominican RepublicMost cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.The Dominican Republic is the world’s first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
• Cigar Ring Gauge56The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 56, so his diameter is 56/64 inches or 22.35 mm.
• Strength Full
• Wrapper ColorColorado MaduroCigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (MaduroorOscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Colorado maduro wrapper is milk chocolate brown.
• Single PackagingCellophane
• Rolling TypeHandmadeHandmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar ManufacturerDavidoff GroupDavidoff Group is a Swiss company with many international subsidiaries. Their impressive portfolio of brands includes legendary cigar brands such as Davidoff, Avo and The Griffin’s, made in Santiago, Dominican Republic, as well as Camacho, Baccarat and La Fontana made in the Tabacos Rancho Jamastran factory in Honduras.
• Cigar WrapperH2000The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Habana 2000 or H2000, is a hybrid between El Corojo, Cuba’s standard wrapper leaf last cultivated in the 90s, and a cigarette tobacco called Bell 61-10. Cuban cigar growers crossed these two tobaccos in order to get a wrapper leaf that would be more resistant to disease than the Corojo was. Although its introduction was controversial and the leaf was not widely accepted, its quality has improved over time and it is now being cultivated with success outside of Cuba as well.
• Cigar BinderMexican San AndresThe binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.The San Andres region in Mexico is known for producing some of the best tobacco in the world. The tobacco is stalk cut and valued for its rich dark color and used to make noteworthy maduro wrappers and binders.
• Cigar FillerDominican RepublicFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.Filler (or tripa in Spanish) is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar. The Dominican Republic is considered one of the most premier tobacco growing countries in the world. The filler tobacco grown in this Caribbean island nation ranges from mild to full bodied. Olor Dominicano and Piloto Cubano are the main types of tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic.NicaraguaFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.