El Viejo Continente Mare Nostrum I 5"1/2 * 56

The El Viejo Continente Mare Nostrum Toro is a full-strength premium cigar that is handmade in Nicaragua. Its darky oily Habano maduro wrapper is draped over a Nicaraguan Habano binder and a Brazilian and Condega, Nicaraguan filler. This potent stick has an overall tobacco sweetness with spicy and peppery notes. The El Viejo Continente Mare Nostrum was named after the Mediterranean Sea.

• Cigar Shape
  Toro

  The standard Toro shape is 6 inches by 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  5"1/2

  This cigar is 5"1/2 inches long, or 139.7 mm.
• Origin
  Nicaragua

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  56

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 56, so his diameter is 56/64 inches or 22.35 mm.
• Strength
  Full
• Wrapper Color
  Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  El Viejo Continente

  El Viejo Continente is a premium cigar maker that was founded by Daniel Guerrero, a tobacconist from Spain. The Mare Nostrum, El Viejo Continente, and The Circus by El Viejo Continente are some of the brands they produce in Nicaragua.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Habano

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Habano wrapper leaf is Cuban-seed tobacco that is grown and cultivated in the traditional Cuban way.
• Cigar Binder
  Nicaraguan Habano

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Nicaraguan Habano tobacco is grown in the Jalapa and Esteli regions of Nicaragua, which is valued for its rich volcanic soil and ideal climate for growing tobacco. Nicaraguan Habano produces cigars with a Cubanesque flavor and aroma.
• Cigar Filler
  Brazil

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
  Brazil produces rich, medium to strong, dark tobaccos with a sweet taste and aroma. Most of the cigar production is concentrated on the eastern coast of Brazil, in the state of Bahia.

  Condega

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.