Length: 5 1/2"
Ring Gauge: 44
Strength: Medium to Full

Packaging: Pack of 5
Vitola: Conservas JLP
Smoking Time: 45 Minutes

JOSE L. PIEDRA

José L. Piedra is a particularly noteworthy Havana not only because its blend is composed of filler tobaccos grown exclusively in the Remedios tobacco region (formerly called Vuelta Arriba), but also because it is made using the ‘totalmente a mano, tripacorta’, or ‘totally hand made, short filler’ technique.

The Piedra family came to Cuba in the 1880s from the Spanish province of Asturias. They settled near the town of Santa Clara, which lies at the heart of the Remedios region, where tobacco has been grown since the 16th Century, and started making cigars.

The brand was founded and developed by the family’s second generation, led by José Lamadrid Piedra, whose name is commemorated today.

All of the José L. Piedra sizes are made from Remedios tobaccos using the traditional ‘trip corta, totalmente a mano’—short filler, totally handmade technique.

CONSERVAS

Another country-style cigar offering excellent value for what is virtually a Corona.