RoMa Craft Tobac is a boutique cigar company founded in 2011 by Michael Rosales and Skip Martin (the “Ro” and “Ma” in the name), and its cigars are made at its own Fábrica de Tabacos Nica Sueño in Estelí, Nicaragua. The lines include CroMagnon (the maker’s follow-up to the original CroMagnon blend has a U.S. Pennsylvania Broadleaf Maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers), Aquitaine (Ecuador Habano Ligero wrapper), Baka (Cameroon wrapper), Intemperance and Neanderthal. Strength runs from mellow-medium to full: the maker describes Intemperance EC XVIII as smooth, elegant and mellow-medium bodied, Baka as offering sweet spiciness in a bold, full-bodied format, and Neanderthal (San Andrés Maduro wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf binder) as its strongest, most uncompromising blend. If you prefer lighter cigars, Intemperance EC XVIII is the gentler place to begin; if you already enjoy full-bodied smokes, Baka is a typical next step.

RoMa Craft Tobac Cigars

RoMa Craft Tobac is a boutique cigar company founded in 2011 by Michael Rosales and Skip Martin—the “Ro” and “Ma” behind the name—with production at their own Fábrica de Tabacos Nica Sueño in Estelí, Nicaragua. Built on small-batch production and uncompromising quality, the portfolio includes CroMagnon (the maker’s follow-up to the original CroMagnon blend has a U.S. Pennsylvania Broadleaf Maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers), CroMagnon Aquitaine (Ecuador Habano Ligero wrapper over Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers), the powerhouse Neanderthal (San Andrés Maduro wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf binder, Nicaraguan/Dominican/U.S. fillers), the Intemperance series, and the Cameroon-wrapped Baka—with strengths from mellow-medium (the maker calls Intemperance EC XVIII smooth and elegant) to full-bodied, and typical notes such as the sweet spiciness the maker describes in Baka.