| Cigar blending is a finest art, so the taste and flavor | | | | among the three providing it not only exterior |
| of cigar depends upon the interplay of the various | | | | appearance but also contributing the overall flavor |
| types of tobacco and the quality of the leaves from | | | | and aroma of the cigar. Although only comprising |
| different regions. Cigars have three basic | | | | 10% of the cigar by weight the wrapper contributes |
| components; the binder, wrapper and the filler. Each | | | | as much as 70% to the value of the cigar. If the |
| of these parts has a different function when the | | | | wrapper fails to attract the customer by its smooth |
| cigar is actually smoked. | | | | silky touch, oily consistency and inviting aroma, the |
| Wrappersthe outer most part of the cigar is called | | | | sale will be lost. It must be strong yet elastic to be |
| wrapper which is made from the widest part of the | | | | stretched over the filler and binder and must be |
| plant. Much of the taste and flavor comes from the | | | | without visible coarse veins. Quality wrappers come |
| wrapper part of the cigar. The wrapper also | | | | from Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico and |
| describes the color of cigar, to indicate the strength | | | | Cuba. Some of the more sought-after wrappers |
| of the cigar. It is perhaps the most important layer | | | | come from Sumatra, Connecticut or Cameroun. |