USA/Connecticut

Grown just north of Hartford Connecticut in an area known as the Connecticut River Valley, Connecticut Shade is one of the world’s most prized and beautiful wrapper leaves. It has extraordinary strength, small veins, silky texture, and consistent light tan to golden brown color and produces a very distinctive and lighter flavored tobacco.

In 1900 Cuban seed was brought to the valley in an attempt to simulate the Sumatra seed wrapper tobacco that was already being imported into the country. Sumatra seed grown in the valley gave poor results, but the Cuban seed, grown under shade with muslin or cheese-cloth, successfully gave birth to 'Connecticut shade' grown wrapper.

Select from the variety of cigars with USA/Connecticut shade wrappers available at Winnipesaukee Cigar Co.