Foundry Chillin' Moose Robusto

The Foundry Tobacco Company is known for its unique blends with twists of humor, and the Chillin’ Moose Robusto you have in your shipment is no different. This gorgeous stogie starts with a dark red hued toothy Connecticut Habano Rosado wrapper that hugs an Ecuador Sumatra binder and a carefully selected filler blend of Nicaraguan, Dominican, US Broadleaf, and Mexican San Andres tobacco leaves. This mild to medium smoke will offer flavors of tobacco, wood, and leather, with hints of cocoa and pepper. Mild enough for anytime of day, try it with a hefeweizen while contemplating is it mooses? Meeses? And why on earth is he chillin’?

Though tobacco is indigenous to Hispaniola, the tobacco industry in the Dominican Republic existed in the shadow of Cuba’s dominance through the 1960s. When the exodus of Cuban cigar makers began in the wake of the revolution, many decided the Dominican Republic would be ideal for the resumption of their livelihoods. Unrest in Nicaragua in the 1980s fueled the Dominican cigar industry further. The country now makes more than half of the premium cigars imported into the U.S.

The Cibao Valley and the nearby city of Santiago are the center of cigar production in the Dominican Republic. Three main varieties are grown here: the mild and native Olor Dominicano; the intense Piloto Cubano, brought from the Vuelta Abajo of Cuba; and San Vicente, a milder and more acidic Piloto hybrid. Dominican puros were once unheard of as it was widely thought impossible to grow quality wrapper leaf on the island, but new growing techniques are now allowing some exceptional puros to be produced.