Casa Cuevas Patrimonio
- Origin Dominican Republic
- Wrapper Honduran Corojo
- Binder Ecuador Habano
- Filler Dominican, Nicaragua, Peru
- Strength Medium-Full
If you’re around the premium cigar industry long enough, you start to notice a few things. It’s a small industry with many multi-generational, family-run factories and farms. While the Cuevas name is not well known, for four generations this family has been growing tremendous tobacco and manufacturing cigars. Today, their Las Lavas factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic manufactures many brands of premium cigars including the ones that bear the family name. Interesting side note about Cuevas cigars: they were originally scheduled to launch in the early 2000s. Business was really good, and with factory commitments for contact brands, they decided to postpone the release. Fast forward about 15 years, and the Cuevas brands have finally found their time in the sun.
“Patrimonio is a project that is extremely near and dear to my son Alec and myself,” said Cuevas Jr. via a press release. “When my father left Cuba, he left tobacco behind. Years later, after rebuilding in the U.S.A., he was able to revive our family tobacco history by opening his cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. Because of my father’s perseverance, our family legacy continues to live on.” It uses a Honduran corojo wrapper, Ecuadorian habano binder and fillers from Nicaragua, Peru and the Dominican Republic. The company calls it a full-flavored, full-bodied cigar that aims to deliver an extremely complex blend with rich, bold flavors.