Criollo

Criollo is a type of tobacco and by most accounts, one of the original Cuban tobaccos that emerged around the time of Columbus.

The term means native seed, and thus a tobacco variety using the term, such as Dominican Criollo, may or may not have anything to do with the original Cuban seed nor the recent hybrid, Criollo '98.

It was discovered that when Criollo is grown under cover, as opposed to growing it in the sun as was traditionally done, it can make a very suitable wrapper leaf. Some of the first Criollo seed grown for wrapper was grown in the Jalapa Valley of Nicaragua, and was introduced to the non-Cuban market in 2001.

Select from a variety of Criollo wrapper cigars available at Winnipesaukee Cigar Co.