Since 2006, La Flor Dominicana has released a semi-regular series of cigars called the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch, a limited edition cigar that uses tobacco solely from Gomez’ La Canela farm in the Dominican Republic and is shipped in a distinctive wooden crate that contains 105 cigars. The company released the line in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011, as well as releasing the fifth installment in December 2013, but in 2012 La Flor Dominicana offered a unique and yet to be repeated alternate version of the Small Batch, the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4 Oscuro. Approximately 100 crates were made available for the entire country, for a total run of about 10,500 cigars, though the company has said that those numbers are always an approximation. Regardless, there are less than half the amount of oscuros than the original version, which saw some 26,250 cigars produced. Quite simply, oscuro means dark, but in the world of cigars it means much more. Unlike maduro, which means ripe and tends to garner the bulk of the attention, oscuro takes a step further on the color scale and often involves a more labor-intensive process. As I mentioned in my original review, the ...
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