Trinidad Cigars

Trinidad is named after the beautiful, 16th Century city of La Santísima Trinidad, which lies on Cuba’s south coast and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Trinidad cigars were first released to the public at the beginning of 1998 in one size only, the Fundadores or Founders (7 ½"/192mm x 40 ring gauge). However, long before that Trinidad had earned a worldwide reputation amongst aficionados as Havana’s mystery cigar.

Production started in 1969 at El Laguito, the Cohiba factory, but only very small quantities were made exclusively for the Cuban Council of State, which gave them as gifts to foreign diplomats and visiting dignitaries. These cigars, known unofficially as Trinidad ‘Diplomats’, were thinner than the Fundadores, in fact they were standard Laguito No. 1s like the Cohiba Lancero, but contained a very different, fuller flavoured, tobacco blend. They remained completely unknown outside diplomatic circles until 1992 when their existence was revealed in the first issue of the American magazine, Cigar Aficionado..

* discontinued - limited availability