Gispert Natural Robusto

In the shifting landscape of the global cigar market, even once-celebrated brands can fade quickly. Gispert, founded in Cuba in the 19th century, was historically respected and enjoyed strong domestic popularity prior to the Cuban Revolution, though it was never among the most widely exported Cuban marques. Following Fidel Castro’s rise to power and the U.S. trade embargo, the brand declined under state control, with quality and visibility diminishing significantly. In the modern era, Altadis U.S.A. revived Gispert as a non-Cuban brand, reimagined to honor its heritage while embracing contemporary production standards. Today’s Gispert Natural features Cuban-seed tobaccos grown in Honduras and Nicaragua, finished with a smooth Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper. The cigar is well constructed with a silky appearance and delivers a mild, approachable profile marked by cedar, light herbal notes, and subtle creaminess. Easygoing and refined, it pairs naturally with a mellow whisky such as Johnnie Walker Green Label.

Honduras has been a tobacco growing and cigar manufacturing area for hundreds of years, but it was the Communist revolution in Cuba that really put Honduras on the map. In the 1960s, many Cuban cigar makers fled their homeland and arrived in Honduras to re-establish their way of life. The immigrants took advantage of the climate, soil, and geography, which were well-suited to tobacco growing, and began producing high quality cigars. The center of the Honduran cigar industry is the city of Danli and the nearby Jamastran Valley. The majority of the world’s pure Corojo tobacco is grown here, now that Cuba has stopped production of this iconic, spicy, and rich variety in favor of Corojo hybrids. Other important areas of Honduran cigar production include the Talanga Valley, Copan, and Trojes.