Cumpay Cigars

Nicaraguan cigars Cumpay, aromatic richness combined with great subtlety

What makes Nicaraguan tobaccos so specific is their aromatic richness combined with great subtlety, the perfect compromise between power and pleasure. It is no wonder Nicaragua is described as the new cigar "Eldorado". Cumpay are manufactured at the Tabaco Segovia factory. In the Indian language of the "Tawakha", an indigenous tribe that lived on this land, "Cumpay" referred to the rolled tobacco leaf. Cumpay cigars are Maya Selva's latest creation. They were launched in 1999. It's a uncommon cigar, she says, for three different reasons at least: "Nicaragua's three terroirs are used in it: Jalapa and its thin clay soil from which the wrapper and binders are made, Estelí and its volcanic sand, and the Pacific with its rich, granite and volcanic soils." All five shapes are exclusively made from a combination of the unique terroirs.

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