La Aurora

Shortly before his death in 2009, Fernando León Asensio led La Aurora to experiment with growing tobacco in Bonao, Dominican Republic. Nearly 15 years later, some of that tobacco is being used on a cigar that honors what would be his 100th birthday.

A new release that took six years to bring to market from La Aurora was blended by Manuel Inoa with help from opinions on test cigars by more than 100 retailers who visited the company’s factory in the Dominican Republic.

The release of vintage tobacco in a cigar blend is nothing new in the cigar industry; it seems that multiple times per year there is…

Earlier this year, La Aurora announced—no doubt with the help of a marketing company—that it was launching a new version of its 107 line. Some…

During the 2012 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, La Aurora Cigars debuted a brand new line that was meant to commemorate the life and work…

This year has been a weird one for just about every part of the world, including the cigar industry. Like many others, the Tobacconists’ Association…

If you’re just looking at the pictures of this review, it’s pretty inevitable to see where the conversation about this cigar will start. But let’s…

Welcome to a story about one of the more confusing cigars launches of recent memory. Last fall, shortly before InterTabac 2018, La Aurora announced that…

If there is one thing that cigar manufacturers know how to commemorate it is important dates in their company’s history, and the latest La Aurora blend…

In early 2014, La Aurora announced plans to bring its image into the modern day by way of a new, boldly designed and blended cigar…

If you’re familiar with the Dominican Republic and its cigar industry, you’re almost certainly familiar with La Aurora, the country’s old continuously operating cigar company,…