Description
Experience the all-new line of Optimos Cigars. Featuring an Indonesian Wrapper and Binder encasing a blend of Cubano Seco and Ligero, these Café inspired cigars are infused with delicious flavours to enhance the aroma and compliment the premium tobacco taste.
Made for House of Horvath by La Aurora, a company renowned for not only their exceptional blends but also their unrivaled prowess with producing flavored offerings such as the Principes line, Optimos are the ideal combination of finally crafted premium cigars and expertly applied flavouring – resulting in a perfect smoke every time. The Bourbon, offered in a Toro size, provides a smoky and sweet whiskey flavour paired excellently with the earthy tobacco taste of the La Aurora blend. Size: Toro 6 x 50. Note: these are now shipping in plain packaging.
About La Aurora Cigars
In the heart of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, where the Cibao Valley’s soil is rich and dark, the scent of aged tobacco has drifted through the air for more than a century. That is where La Aurora Cigars, the country’s very first cigar factory, was born in 1903. Its founder, Eduardo León Jimenes, was only 18 years old when he decided to follow his vision—to take the art of Dominican tobacco beyond the island’s borders and into the wider world.
Eduardo started small, with a modest wooden rolling table, a handful of workers, and a dream rooted in tradition. Each leaf was carefully chosen, fermented, and aged until it carried the earthy, slightly sweet character that would become La Aurora’s signature. Over the decades, what began as a local craft grew into a global name, one that cigar lovers recognize as a symbol of patience, artistry, and heritage.
The factory itself became more than just a place of production. It was a gathering ground for knowledge, a living classroom where one generation passed techniques to the next. The torcedores—the master rollers—were revered for the precision of their hands. A single cigar could take years to perfect, from seed to smoke, and every draw had to tell the story of its origins: the fertile valley, the careful fermentation, and the hands that shaped it.
La Aurora’s portfolio expanded, introducing blends that carried different personalities: the smooth 1903 Preferidos with its jewel-toned tubos, the bold 107 that celebrated the factory’s 107th anniversary, and the Principes line, which made Dominican craftsmanship accessible to everyday smokers. Each line paid homage to the past while embracing the future.
Visitors to the La Aurora factory today step into more than a production floor, they walk into a museum of living history. There, between rows of hand-rolled cigars and aging rooms where time seems suspended, the legacy of Eduardo León Jimenes still lingers. It’s in the pride of the workers, in the quiet reverence of aficionados lighting a cigar for the first time, and in the unbroken chain of tradition that has lasted over 120 years.
La Aurora is not just a cigar. It is a narrative wrapped in tobacco leaves, a journey that begins in Dominican soil and ends in a moment of reflection, camaraderie, or celebration. To smoke one is to take part in history—to taste the patience of time itself.
