Rafael Gonzalez Cuban Cigars

Year of Foundation: 1928
Tobacco Country: Cuba
Tobacco Procedence: Vuelta Abajo
Factory: Romeo y Julieta

Rafael Gonzalez Cuban cigars are a superior-quality, mild-flavoured handmade cigars was introduced in 1928 for the British market. Initially developed under the name La Flor de Marquez, trademark records show that the current name dates from 1945. The cigar brand is manufactured in the Romeo y Julieta factory in Havana.

Considered medium in body, Rafael Gonzalez Cuban cigars are reputed to have introduced the Lonsdale size, named in honour of Hugh Cecil Lowther, the Fifth Earl of Lonsdale.

To fully appreciate this cigar's delightful fragrance and outstanding smoke, the cedarwood box that holds Rafael Gonzalez Cuban cigars is printed with the following instructions:

"These cigars have been manufactured from a secret belnd of pure Vuelta Abajo tobaccos, selected by the Marquez Rafael Gonzalez, Grandee of Spain. For more that twenty years this brand has existed. In order that the Connoisseur may fully appreciate the perfect frangrance, they should be smoked either within one month of the date of shipment from Havana, or should be carefully matured for about one year."