Vegas de Santiago

It all begins in the fields of the Santiago de Puriscal region of Costa Rica. This is where farmers have been growing the tobacco plants used to make Vegas de Santiago cigars for over 100 years.

The altitude (around 1,100m) and mountainous climate of the region make the use of pesticides unnecessary, which means that we can continue to work according to age-old traditions inherited from the Huetar Indians, who gave tobacco as an offering to the spirits and attributed therapeutic virtues to it.

The very strict process of harvesting, selecting, drying and rolling each cigar takes around four years.

Most of the leaves used in VdS cigars come from the factory's own plantations. Other leaves specially selected for certain cigars may be added. These generally come from Nicaragua, Ecuador or the Caribbean.