Important Notes

One thing to always keep in mind is that the color of the wrappers on the box of cigars you bought may not be the same shade for your next box. This is only natural, and does not bespeak a "fake" or "imitation" product. Rather, there is an almost infinite range of colors, shades within those colors, and hues within those shades. Therefore, when a vitola is separated into 40 or more colors, expect some variation.

Veins are natural, in all tobacco leaf. Some vitolas have smooth wrappers, others might be veiny. The presence or absence of veins varies, and is not the standard upon which one can judge the overall quality of a cigar.

One question to which there is no correct answer is: How much flavor does the wrapper add to the taste of a cigar. We are, however, certain of the universal truth to this conundrum: A bad wrapper, a bad cigar.

Box codes - Briefly, the codes advise you of the factory where the cigar was manufactured and the date when the cigars were placed in the box.
It is not unusual for the leaf, used in wrappers, binders, and fillers, to have been aged from one to five years, before production. Once the cigars have passed all inspections, they are placed in cabinets, where 12,000 or more cigars rest. How long they remain in these cabinets is not known. Therefore, although the date code on your box might say "DIC 05", it might contain cigars whose contents date back to 2000! Information on factory codes has been in flux for the past several years. In fact, not all of the new codes have been deciphered.

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