AJ Fernandez Dias de Gloria
- Origin Nicaragua
- Wrapper Nicaragua
- Binder Nicaragua
- Filler Nicaragua
- Strength Medium
AJ Fernandez is undoubtedly one of the most prolific cigar makers of the modern era. Raised in Cuba, he now operates 10 tobacco farms and 2 cigar factories in Nicaragua. Between these facilities, over 100,000 cigars a day are produced under his watchful eye. His true passion, and why he is able to produce such a wide variety of superior quality premium cigars, is the tobacco that he grows. Without quality materials, your product will never be exceptional. It is this philosophy that drives him to spend equal time between farms and factories. Each tobacco leaf must meet his high standards and each cigar must be expertly constructed. He takes great pride in his creations and would never attach his name to the end product if it didn’t.
A blend like Dias de Gloria takes time and patience to capture the essence of pre-revolution Cuban cigars. AJ Fernandez couldn’t just grab any tobaccos he had in his vaults. Painstakingly, he delved deep in the archives to find well-aged tobaccos from his four oldest farms to develop this blend. In today’s day and age, it is unusual to exclusively use tobaccos from a single region for a blend. However in the glory days of Cuba, that’s exactly what they did. This Esteli puro is smooth and well balanced featuring flavors of coffee, earth, and cedar with notes of nuts, dark chocolate and pepper. Dias de Gloria is never overpowering and burns well thanks to it’s aged tobaccos. This blend truly represents the glory days of Cuban cigars.