La Gloria Cubana Reserva Figurados

The Reserva Figurados line represents the pinnacle of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.'s work during his tenure at General Cigar, and stands as one of the most meticulously crafted releases in the entire La Gloria Cubana portfolio. First introduced in 2004 with three sizes and expanded to five the following year, the line is built around a labor-intensive nine-month aging process in which all of the hand-selected tobaccos are aged together in specially designed cedar chests before a single cigar is rolled. This cedar-aging technique allows the components to marry and develop as a unified blend rather than separately, a genuine rarity in American cigar production at the time and a testament to Perez-Carrillo's obsessive attention to craft.

The filler is a blend of four-year-old Dominican and Nicaraguan tobaccos bound with a hearty Nicaraguan leaf, and the line is offered in both a natural Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and a Maduro version. The shapes throughout the lineup are all figurados, tapered at the head, the foot, or both, requiring the most skilled rollers in the factory and producing a smoking experience that evolves significantly from light to finish. Made at General Cigar's factory in the Dominican Republic, the Reserva Figurados cemented La Gloria Cubana's reputation as one of the most serious and complex non-Cuban brands available.