La Aurora 120 Anniversary Begins Shipping

Like it has done many times before, La Aurora is celebrating a significant anniversary with a new line of cigars. More than six months after it first showed off the La Aurora 120 Anniversary, the cigars are now shipping to stores.

The company was founded in 1903—the Dominican Republic’s oldest cigar factory still around today—meaning it is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year. In February, the company showed off the new La Aurora 120 Anniversary at the 2023 Procigar Festival.

Blend-wise, it’s a Dominican puro that is capped off with a habano 92 wrapper. It’s offered in four regular production sizes:

• La Aurora 120 Anniversary Robusto (5 x 50) — $14 (Box of 20, $280)
• La Aurora 120 Anniversary Toro (5 3/4 x 54) — $16.10 (Box of 20, $322)
• La Aurora 120 Anniversary Gran Toro (6 x 58) — $16.80 (Box of 20, $336)
• La Aurora 120 Anniversary Churchill (7 x 47) — $16.10 (Box of 20, $322)

La Aurora USA—the company’s new distribution arm—says that demand was so strong that it had to allocate initial orders and still has more orders to fulfill, which it is working to do as quickly as possible.

These four sizes won’t be the only 120th anniversary cigars from La Aurora this year. The company also has a limited edition 6 x 58 perfecto of the same blend that is scheduled to ship later in the year. Details are still being worked out, but it is expected to retail for $35-40 per cigar and will be limited to 2,500 boxes.

Update (March 10, 2024) — After measuring the La Aurora 120 Anniversary Toro, we are listing the size as 5 3/4 inches and not 5 1/4 inches as it was originally published.