{"id":6705,"date":"2018-05-02T20:19:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jrcigars.com\/blending-room\/?p=6705"},"modified":"2024-01-08T11:52:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T16:52:48","slug":"cuban-montecristo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jrcigars.com\/blending-room\/cuban-cigars\/brands\/cuban-montecristo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference between a Cuban Montecristo Cigar and Dominican Montecristo Cigar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Very few luxury cigar brands in the world carry the weight of the Cuban Montecristo.\u00a0 They are in the top tier along with Rolex and Bentley.\u00a0 Montecristo has become one of the best Cuban cigars on the market, being sold in Cuban cigar stores in every corner of the planet, well except in the US.<\/p>\n

The Montecristo brand started in the 1930s in Cuba.\u00a0 At that point, many of the Cuban cigars we know of today were not in existence.\u00a0 Only Romeo y Julieta, Partagas, and H.Upmann were well known, but people knew the quality of Cuban cigars at that point were beyond anything else being done.\u00a0 The name of the brand is derived from the legendary work by Alexandre Du Mas, the Count of Montecristo.\u00a0 There were no televisions or radios on the rolling floor, so cantors would read the great works of literature to the rollers throughout the workday.\u00a0 They took inspiration from the Du Mas classic and the Cuban Montecristo Cigar was born<\/p>\n

Montecristo then became the king of the Cuban cigar world.\u00a0 The #2 torpedo size is still seen today as not only one of the most popular Habanos cigars in the world, but one of the best ever made.\u00a0 Throughout the world, you can walk into any Cuban cigar store and find it fully stocked with Montecristo\u2019s.<\/p>\n

After the Cuban revolution, several high profiler cigar blenders left the communist nation to continue their trade throughout Central and South America.\u00a0 In the years that followed, Montecristo cigars found a new home in the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 While the Montecristo Cuban cigars are still being made by the government run cigar industry, the Dominican version is independently owned by a separate company.<\/p>\n

In a few short years, the Dominican Montecristo matched its Cuban twin in terms of popularity and standing.\u00a0 It is the best selling cigar brand in the US, the worlds largest cigar market.\u00a0 They are the epitome of a smooth, luxurious smoke.\u00a0 Their blends and profile are vastly different from their Cuban cigar counterpart, but the quality and complexity is still one of the best in the industry.\u00a0 The difference between the Cuban cigar and Dominican cigar is not quality, just simply location and flavor profile.<\/p>\n

While you can’t get your Cuban Montecristo\u2019s in the US quite yet, you can enjoy the highly rated and best selling Dominican versions right here at JR Cigars.<\/p>\n

Hear from our cigar aficionado and his break down the differences of the two types origins:<\/p>\n

Browse a great range of Montecristo Cigars now.<\/strong><\/p>\n