La Flor Dominicana (LFD) is the cigar company of Litto and Ines Gomez, who began making cigars in Tamboril, Dominican Republic, in 1994 and adopted the La Flor Dominicana name in 1996. Cigar Aficionado describes the brand as best known for powerhouse blends built on tobacco from its own farm in La Canela. The LFD cigars Oxford lists are tagged medium to full body, with typical notes of wood, cocoa, cedar, earth, leather and pepper. For a short first smoke, try La Flor Dominicana El Carajon, a 4 x 34 petite with an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper that halfwheel found medium in strength, with roasted wood, nut and pepper notes. For something fuller, try La Flor Dominicana Chapter One, a box-pressed 6 1/2 x 58 Chisel with a Brazilian ligero oscuro wrapper, where halfwheel noted chocolate, coffee, sweet earth and pepper.
La Flor Dominicana Cigars
La Flor Dominicana Cigars (LFD) is a boutique powerhouse brand famous for bold, full-bodied blends made with estate-grown tobaccos from their La Canela farm. Litto and Ines Gomez began making cigars in Tamboril, Dominican Republic, in 1994 under the Los Libertadores name. The brand was renamed La Flor Dominicana in 1996.
Well-known lines include Ligero and Double Ligero (Ecuadorian Sumatra wrappers), Andalusian Bull (Ecuadorian Corojo), Coronado (Nicaraguan Habano), 1994 (Mexican San Andrés), Cameroon Cabinet (Cameroon) and the Litto Gomez cigars made entirely from tobacco grown on LFD’s own farm, delivering intensely flavorful profiles with notes of pepper, dark chocolate, leather, coffee, earth, and caramel sweetness.
La Flor Dominicana offers Dominican-made cigars in a range of shapes; consult each product’s tobacco and body description.
La Flor Dominicana Cigars
Frequently asked questions about La Flor Dominicana Cigars
Who makes La Flor Dominicana cigars, and where?
La Flor Dominicana belongs to Litto and Ines Gomez. They started making cigars in Tamboril, Dominican Republic, in 1994 under the name Los Libertadores and changed the brand name to La Flor Dominicana in 1996. Much of the company's tobacco comes from its own farm in La Canela, Dominican Republic. Halfwheel lists the factory as Tabacalera La Flor S.A.
How strong are La Flor Dominicana cigars?
La Flor Dominicana is best known for powerful, full-flavoured blends, though Cigar Aficionado notes that its earliest cigars were mild. Strength depends on the line. The LFD cigars Oxford Cigar Company lists are tagged medium to full body. In halfwheel's reviews, El Carajon came out medium in strength with a bit more body, and Capitulo II finished around medium. Pick by the individual blend rather than treating the whole brand as one strength.
Which La Flor Dominicana cigar should I try first, and how do El Carajon, Chapter One and Capitulo II differ?
El Carajon is a 4 x 34 petite with an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over Dominican binder and filler. It took about 40 minutes in halfwheel's review, with typical notes of roasted wood, nuts and pepper, which makes it an easy first try. Chapter One (2013) is a 6 1/2 x 58 box-pressed Chisel and the first blend by Antonio (Tony) Gomez, made with a Brazilian ligero oscuro wrapper, a Connecticut broadleaf binder and Dominican filler; halfwheel noted chocolate, coffee, sweet earth and pepper. Capitulo II (2014) is the follow-up in the same Chisel size, with a Nicaraguan Colorado wrapper, an Ecuadorian Habano binder and Dominican filler, and leans toward earth, leather and nuts with cocoa late in the smoke.
Where can I buy La Flor Dominicana cigars online?
Oxford Cigar Company carries a selection of La Flor Dominicana Cigars on its La Flor Dominicana Cigars category page: https://oxfordcigarcompany.com/la-flor-dominicana-cigars/. Free US shipping on orders $50+.