With the new Capadura range, Ernesto Maria Gonzales – master blender at Tabacalera Don Esteban in Santiago, Dominican Republic – has truly created a minor masterpiece in terms of the balance of the tobacco blend. The four carefully selected tobaccos for the filler were all sourced from Siegfried Maruschke, the grand seigneur of the Jose Mendez tobacco fermentation plant. The same applies to the De Olor for the binder. A golden-yellow Connecticut Shade from Ecuador was chosen as the wrapper. And these ingredients, combined with the years of expertise of the ‘Torcedores’, the cigar rollers at Tabacalera Don Esteban, result in ‘Capadura’.