At the 2017 ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic, La Aurora Cigars unveiled a new line known as the La Aurora ADN Dominicano. This release incorporates a tobacco known as Andullo into the blend.
Andullo tobacco undergoes a very different curing process than traditional cigar tobacco leaves. This involves putting tobacco leaves in palm seed pods. The pods are then wrapped in rope causing the andullo tobacco to compress into a thick bar almost looking like a roll of salami. Working with Andullo is not a new concept for La Aurora as they have done releases for Ventura Cigar Company and Total Flame utilizing that tobacco.
ADN Dominicano stands for “Dominican DNA”. While Andullo isn’t very common in a premium hand-made cigar, the use of Andullo tobacco is an old Dominican process and the company pays homage to that process with he ADN Dominicano release.
The blend itself is a multi-national one and is finished with a Dominican wrapper from the Cibao Valley. The cigars is being released in four sizes.
The La Aurora ADN Dominicano expected to be released widespread in the U.S. market later this year.
Blend Profile
Wrapper: Dominican (Cibao Valley)
Binder: Cameroon
Filler: Dominican (Cibao Valley), Pennsylvania, Nicaragua, Andullo.
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic (La Aurora SA)
Vitolas Available
Robusto: 5 x 50
Toro: 5 3/4 x 54
Churchill: 7 x 47
Gran Toro: 6 x 58
Photo Credit: La Aurora
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[…] At the 2017 ProCigar Festival, La Aurora Cigars showcased a new line in its portfolio called La Auro…. Later, at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, the La Aurora ADN Dominicano would have a full launch. The distinguishing characteristic of this cigar is that it contains andullo tobacco. Andullo tobacco is something that is more commonly found in chewing tobacco or pipe tobacco. It’s a tobacco that also undergoes a very different fermentation process than traditional air-cured cigar tobacco. This tobacco isn’t commonly found in premium cigars, but the La Aurora factory does have experience with it. For the La Aurora ADN Dominicano, the andullo is incorporated into the filler as part of a multi-national blend. Today we take a closer look a the La Aurora ADN Dominicano in the Toro size. […]