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All San Gabriel Reserva Limited cigars are aged in Spanish Cedar vaults for 180 days to the peak of perfection to create a marriage of the blends, it is at this point that the various individual tobaccos in the cigar become one smooth, compatible blend. The result is a consistently superb tasting cigar producing an excellent “individualistic” cigar to be counted among the worlds finest..
Every San Gabriel Reserva cigar is 100% handmade just the way it has been done since the mid 1800’s. This is why each cigar is made firm and solid, while still providing an easy “draw”. Each production set of this exquisite San Gabriel Reserva Limited Edition Cigar is dated and packaged in our exquisite Spanish cedar box, then seal..
The Family of Elpidio were the first to develop the plantations in Santo Domingo and Nicaragua over 65 years ago reproducing the exact conditions of their homeland, Cuba. The combination of 5 leaves are selected for their flavor, taste, and aroma, with the choice of wrapper selected for its excellence of burn.
The hand workmanship that goes into the San Gabriel line of cigars, makes them a blend of art and craftsmanship. The San Gabriel Reserva is skillfully rolled with either a natural or maduro wrapper. The Ecuadorian Sun Grown Connecticut Shade, the most recent addition to the Reserva Limited line, are the most expensive and sought after wrapper tobacco in the world. This line of Vintage Aged San Gabriel’s will be taken out from our vaults in the fall of 2003, many of our connoisseurs are watching for the release dates.
The Canarias Cigar Co.
The San Gabriel Reserva Limited is much more then just the finest smoking experience, It’s the only smoking experience. All cigar lovers who have had the honor of tasting it’s rich, smooth blends, have enjoyed the quality of it’s family traditions, all focusing on obtaining the perfect smoke.
The quality of the San Gabriel Cigars has been the result of 95 years of family experience in the delicate preparation of the finest Cuban-seed tobacco, which has been grown and cultivated for many generations on their family plantations in Santo Domingo and Nicaragua.
Every cigar is individually rolled by hand with only the highest quality vintage tobaccos from the seed of San Juan y Martinez in Pinar del Rio and Las Villas. Both of these growing areas of Cuba produce the finest tobaccos known, born of their climate and soil.
