Quintero Cuban Cigars is one of the few
Cuban cigar brands not born in the country’s capital Havana. Instead, its founder Agustín Quintero, along with his four brothers, set up shop in their hometown Cienfuegos, known as the Pearl of the South, and one of the beautiful and prosperous ports on the south coast of Cuba.
The brand is believed to have been founded as Quintero y Hermanos in Cienfuegos in 1924, the same year that Agustín Quintero built his cigar factory. Quinteros himself sorted the best harvests in the plantations of the zone of Remedios, in the central part of the island.
In 1940, the brothers created this full-flavored brand which continues today, and moved their factory to Havana to allow them to develop further. By the 1940s, Quintero was a major export brand and sold especially well in the Spanish market.
Production continued through the Revolution, but beginning in 1970s and through the 1990s, the Quintero line would gradually shrink from a handmade marca to currently only consisting of six machine-made and/or hand-finished sizes. Despite this, Quintero has retained its popularity with Spanish
cigar smokers and has the distinction of being the only Cuban machine-made brand to be globally marketed by Habanos SA.
All the tobaccos selected for Quintero come from the Vuelta Abajo region, home of the finest tobaccos in the world. Quintero’s smooth, medium-bodied taste makes it ideal for those seeking to experience the taste of Habanos at an affordable price.
