The Preferidos was the first cigar ever made in the Dominican Republic, back in 1903. Its tapered perfecto shape was designed to shift intensity as it burns rather than hold one note.
Sold by colour-coded band — Sapphire in Connecticut, Diamond in Connecticut Broadleaf, and others across the range — so you pick the wrapper and the shape does the rest.
Wrapper: Varies by band — Connecticut, Broadleaf, Cameroon, Ecuadorian
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican long-filler
Strength: Varies by band
Sizes: SAPPHIRE Robusto (5.0" x 50) - Connecticut Box of, DIAMOND Toro (5.5" x 54) - CT Broadleaf Maduro Box, EMERALD Toro (5.5" x 54) - Ecuadorian Sungrown Box, SAPPHIRE Toro (5.5" x 54) - Connecticut Shade Box, PLATINUM (No. 2 Tubos) (5.0" x 54) - Cameroon Box, SAPPHIRE (No. 2 Tubos) (5.0" x 54) - Connecticut B, RUBY (No. 2 Tubos) (5.0" x 54) - Brazilian Maduro, GOLD (No. 2 Tubos) (5.0" x 54) - Corojo Box of 8, DIAMOND (No. 2 Tubos) 5.0" x 54) - Maduro Box of 8, EMERALD (No. 2 Tubos) (5.0" x 54) - Ecuador Box of
A hundred and twenty years in production. Very few cigars can say that.