The new La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especialé was inspired by an antique humidor that was found at the legendary El Credito Cigar Factory. During the 8-plus years it took to recreate this humidor, Team La Gloria worked to put together a painstaking blend of tobaccos, not the least of which is a brand new wrapper leaf, created by cross-breeding a Connecticut seed and growing it in Honduras. Underneath this deceptively-silky wrapper leaf are two binders—one from Mexico and one from Nicaragua—along with a proprietary, ligero-heavy filler blend from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.