Alec Bradley MAXX cigars uses a 5 country blend of tobacco. The Alec Bradley MAXX was created specifically to respond to the growing trend in todays market for larger ring gauge cigars that are bold and flavorful. Alan Rubin, President of Alec Bradley Cigar Co. blended this cigar using a 5 country, 6 region blend of premium tobaccos. He starts with a blend of tobacco from Colombia, Nicaragua, Mexico and Honduras for the filler and then wraps it in a Costa Rican Binder. The Alec Bradley MAXX is finished with a Nicaraguan grown Habano wrapper. The result is everything that MAXX was designed to be. The Alec Bradley MAXX is rich with flavors of leather and coffee and it is a stout full bodied cigar.