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Before it becomes a Davidoff, each tobacco plant is cultivated with patience and reverence, invoking a tradition over 500 years old.
The Climate
An ideal temperature of 27°C.
The Soil
An exact chemical composition.
The Weather
The ratio of exposure to sun and rain.
Seeds with characteristics of promise are hand-tended in our nurseries and then transplanted into meticulously analysed soil on fincas, our proprietary farms in Dominican Republic.
We painstakingly safeguard the genetic consistency of our tobacco, of which we cultivate three main types:
a light tobacco native to Dominican Republic
a powerful Cuban transplant to our fincas
a moderate Cuban strain, also transplanted
A distinct language emanates from the plant, a readiness for gathering that is conveyed by color and shape in cycles understood by our farmers.
We gather leaves in pairs, noting the exquisite catalogue of signs — the placement of the leaf on the stalk, its color and shape, its resistance to touch.
The process of picking the leaves is completed at 35 days.
Once picked, each leaf is stored by its virtues for cigar making.
the intense flavor of the leaves that soak the most sun
the bolder offerings from the short central portion of the stalk
the moderately flavored leaves from the main part of the stalk
the lighter leaves that grow nearer to the soil
After careful transportation to preserve the delicacy of the leaves, workers hang the leaves to dry in our ranchos, where we cultivate their taste and aroma over 45 days of conscientious monitoring for temperature and humidity.
Once dried to specification, the leaves are stored for another 20 to 30 days, during which a gentle fermentation occurs.
Two cycles of aging and fermentation occur, whereby the glide of time invites a ceremony of circumspection that alternates between urgency and supplication.
The first aging demands 18 to 24 months, before a process of conditioning and 40 days of fermentation.
The second aging is between 1 and 3 years, although our rarest tobaccos await inclusion in a Davidoff cigar for upwards of a decade.
A perfect, handcrafted cigar emerges.
At last, fully extant, after 5-10 years each cigar is transported to the place where it will transfer into the hands of the aficionado.
As the flame touches the tip, time becomes still, a moment where sense and pleasure overtake everything else. Each draw of a Davidoff is celebration, time beautifully filled.
