For as crowded as the American cigar market is, there are even more cigars that might never make it stateside, and that goes beyond Cuban cigars. One hotbed of brands yet to cross the waters as of late has been the Dominican Republic, a country with an established track record of making premium cigars and growing tobacco. One of the brands who had previously been sold only the island is Suriel Cigars, a company that launched in October 2014 but that just recently began marketing to U.S. retailers. The company’s portfolio currently has two cigars, the Robusto Day & Night and the Toro Majestuoso, both of which are made in the Dominican Republic at the Kelner Boutique Factory, which is owned and operated by Hendrik Kelner, Jr. Company founder Uriel Suriel decided to release both of those cigars for the U.S. market, though one is getting a bit of a revamp. The Toro Majestuoso is heading stateside with a new filler blend from the original, with Dominican HVA from Leo Reyes, Nicaraguan tobacco from the Condega region, Peruvian pelo de oro and what’s called Pennsylvania “8 percent,” which refers to its unusually high nicotine content. The binder comes from the ...
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