Fonseca Classic Series

Don Francisco E. Fonseca first established his factory and own cigar brand in Havana in 1892, registering the brand bearing his name in 1907. Fonseca cigars quickly became a success and Don Francisco began innovative practices such as wrapping his cigars in fine Japanese tissue paper (as they still are today) and packaging cigars in tin tubes (today's tubes are usually made with aluminum). His wife Doņa Teresa Boetticher continued the business after Don Francisco's death in 1930 and merged the brand with T. Castaņeda and G. Montero to form the firm of Castaņeda, Montero, Fonseca SA. Today, all Fonseca cigars are hand-made under the strict supervision of master cigar blender Manuel Quesada to ensure superior quality in every cigar, and are blended from the choicest tobaccos grown in the Cibao valley.