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The photo of Francisco Fonseca, who developed this Cuban cigar brand in 1906, still adorns the box today. These Cuban cigars are only distributed in limited numbers. The Fonseca cigar brand is considered to contain rich but mild cigar flavours. Fonseca cigars are made in the Vuelta Abajo Region.
After Fonseca's decease in 1930, his widow Doña Teresa Boetticher continued the successful Cuban cigar business with the counselling of specialists on the cigar matter. Some time afterwards, Mrs. Boetticher decided to join T. Castañeda and G. Montero's workshop.
From this association was born the cigar enterprise Castañeda, Montero, Fonseca S.A, located in 466 Galiano Street, in Havana Cuba. Since the last years, the Fonseca cigar production is made in the hand-made cigar factory in Quivicán, a small town in the Havana province, some kilometers from the Cuban capital. The Fonseca brand is outstanding not only because of its Cuban cigar quality, but also because it is the only Cuban cigar presented in a silky paper wrap (fine and transparent).
The cigar leaves come from Vuelta Abajo (Pinar del Rio). The Fonseca cigars are commercialized mainly in Spain and Canada.