Cigar Wrappers

A cigar’s outermost leaves, or wrapper, come from the widest part of the plant. The wrapper determines much of the cigar’s character and flavor, and as such its color is often used to describe the cigar as a whole.

1. Double Claro -
   

   Very light, slightly greenish (also called Candela, American Market Selection or jade); achieved by picking leaves before maturity and drying quickly; often grown in Connecticut.

2. Claro -
   

   Light tan or yellowish. Indicative of shade-grown tobacco.

3. Natural -
   

   Light brown to brown; generally sun-grown.

4. Colorado Claro -
   

   Mid-brown; particularly associated with tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic or in Cuba.

5. Colorado -
   

   Reddish-brown (also called Rosado)

6. Colorado Maduro -
   

   Dark brown; particularly associated with Honduras or Cuba-grown tobacco.

7. Maduro -
   

   Dark brown to very dark brown

8. Oscuro -
   

   A.K.A. “Double Maduro”, black, often oily in appearance; tend to be grown in Cuba, Nicaragua, Brazil, Mexico or Connecticut.

Cigar Wrappers Information

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