An open box of La Aurora Puro Vintage 2016 Salomones resting on a leather armchair

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Limited editions · Holiday 2026

Limited editions for the humidor. Gifts for everyone else.

La Aurora has rolled cigars since 1903, longer than any other factory in the Dominican Republic. This season it releases Puro Vintage 2016, Hors d'Age 2025 and its holiday box through authorized retailers, and ships E. León Jimenes rums straight to your door.

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123 years of La Aurora · Five generations of the León family

1903Founded in Guazumal

700Boxes of Puro Vintage, worldwide

12 yearsMinimum age of every Hors d'Age leaf

Ships to youTreasure Box, rums and ashtray

The limited editions

Two vintage releases from master blender Manuel Inoa and one holiday box, all sold only through authorized La Aurora retailers. When the allocation is gone, it is gone.

Edición Limitada · 2016 harvest Open box of Puro Vintage 2016 Salomones on a marble table

Release one

Puro Vintage 2016

One size. One harvest. Seven hundred boxes.

Every leaf in this cigar was picked in 2016 and left to rest for a decade. The name honors Inoa's long study of single-vintage tobacco rather than a single country of origin: the wrapper is Ecuadoran Havana seed, the binder Brazilian, the filler a blend of Dominican, Nicaraguan and Colombian leaf. It comes in a single chunky Salomon, tapered at both ends and 60 ring gauge at its widest.

Format: Salomon, 6½ × 60
Wrapper: Ecuador, Havana seed
Binder: Brazil
Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Colombia
Body: Medium to full
Packaging: Boxes of 8 · 700 boxes worldwide
Price: $28 per cigar · $224 per box

Where to find it Authorized retailers only

Hors d'Age · rolled 2025 Hors d'Age Toro and Lancero resting on a slab of polished wood

Hors d'Age 2025 Toro with gold foot band

Release two

Hors d'Age 2025

Beyond age. A Toro, and a new Lancero.

The Cognac houses use the phrase for a spirit so old it is past counting. La Aurora applies it to a blend in which every leaf, wrapper to filler, was aged for at least twelve years before rolling. Ecuadoran Sumatra leaf wraps and binds a filler of Colombian, Nicaraguan and Dominican tobacco. The 2025 marks the year the cigars were rolled, and for the first time the line adds a slender Lancero to the Toro.

Formats: Toro, 5¾ × 54 · Lancero, 6⅞ × 40
Wrapper: Ecuador, Sumatra seed
Binder: Ecuador, Sumatra seed
Filler: Colombia, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic
Body: Medium to full
Packaging: Boxes of 15 · U.S. allocation 700 boxes of Toro, 500 of Lancero
Price: Toro $31.50 · Lancero $25

Where to find it Authorized retailers only

Retailer exclusive · Holiday 2026 The La Aurora Dominican Holiday Edition box, open, showing six cigars on green velvet with ornaments

Release three

The Dominican Holiday Edition

A gift box, sold only at the counter.

A holiday box illustrated with the streets of Santiago, holding a selection of La Aurora cigars for the week between Christmas and New Year's. Like the vintage releases, it is not sold online: find it at an authorized La Aurora retailer while it lasts.

Where to find it Authorized retailers only

Open box of Hors d'Age Toros in a cedar box — Hors d'Age Toro, boxes of 15

Hors d'Age Lancero standing against green velvet — The new Lancero

Puro Vintage 2016 box on a leather chair — Puro Vintage, boxes of 8

The holiday list

Everything here ships from La Aurora or E. León Jimenes directly, so it arrives before the holidays without a trip to the shop. An ashtray worth leaving out all year, the Preferidos in one box, two rums and a travel case built for the road.

Hand-painted La Aurora ashtray illustrated with Dominican scenes, with a cigar resting on it

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Dominican Excellence Ashtray

Painted with the things the island does best: tobacco, rum, chocolate and baseball. The gift for the smoker who already has the cigars. $90, and Cigar Aficionado readers take 25 percent off every ashtray with the code below through Monday, November 30.

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Six Preferidos cigars in a row, each with a different gem-colored band

$186 · six cigars

Preferidos Treasure Box

The whole Preferidos collection in one box: six doble figurados named for gems, from the Connecticut-wrapped Sapphire to the Brazilian maduro Ruby, each in its own tubo. Four of the six carry 90 points or better from Cigar Aficionado.

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Bottle of E. León Jimenes 1903 Dominican rum

$47.99 · aged 8 years

E. León Jimenes 1903 Rum

Guillermo León tasted 53 blends before settling on this one. An eight-year Dominican rum that drinks neat and makes the house Old Fashioned. 93 points at the 2026 Bartender Spirits Awards.

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$121.99 · aged 10 years

110 Aniversario Rum

Guillermo's personal project: a ten-year rum built to sit next to a cigar. Spirit of the Year and 96 points at the Bartender Spirits Awards, Double Gold in San Francisco.

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La Aurora x Tübr Gordo Alümen aluminum cigar case with the gold Family Creed emblem

From $39.99 · travel cases

La Aurora × Tübr

An airtight, crush-resistant, water-resistant case for a Gordo on the move. The polymer Gordo carries the lion crest; the limited Alümen is anodized aircraft aluminum with the gold Family Creed emblem, the first collectible to wear the mark.

Gordo · $39.99 Alümen · $99.99

E. León Jimenes Rums

Pour something from the same family.

Both rums come from the palate of Guillermo León, working hand in hand with the Dominican Republic's finest distilleries to honor his grandfather. The 1903 pairs with the Family Creed Series or the 107 Nicaragua; the 110 Aniversario is built for a Puro Vintage or an Hors d'Age after dinner.

Four ways to pour the 1903. Tap a glass for the recipe.

Rum Old Fashioned made with 1903 rum — Old Fashioned · recipe

Rum Manhattan made with 1903 rum — Rum Manhattan · recipe

Dark and Stormy made with 1903 rum — Dark & Stormy · recipe

Rum and Stout Flip made with 1903 rum — Rum & Stout Flip · recipe

The Family Creed Series

A series of blends named for the values the León family wrote down and has run the company by for five generations. Each release is box-pressed, full of character and meant to be found at your local tobacconist.

Fuerte Sol is the strength to begin. Perseverancia is the will to continue. The series tells the story of a family that has done both since 1903.Family Creed Series · releases one and two

Fuerte Sol

The first release. Strong sun.

A Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder, with Dominican, Nicaraguan and Pennsylvania broadleaf filler. Cigar Aficionado rated the Robusto 93 points and placed it No. 24 on its Top 25 Cigars of 2025.

Formats: Robusto, 5 × 50 · Toro, 5¾ × 54, box-pressed
Wrapper: Mexico, San Andrés
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Pennsylvania

Top 25 of 2025 · No. 24Robusto 93 · Toro 91

Perseverancia

The second release. The will to continue.

The blend turns Fuerte Sol inside out: a Pennsylvania broadleaf wrapper now sits on top, the Mexican San Andrés leaf moves to the binder, and the same three-country filler carries through. Three box-pressed sizes, including a Gran Toro that Cigar Aficionado rated 91 points.

Formats: Robusto, 5 × 50 · Toro, 5¾ × 54 · Gran Toro, 6 × 58
Wrapper: Pennsylvania broadleaf
Binder: Mexico, San Andrés
Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Pennsylvania

Gran Toro 91New for 2026Box-pressed

One hundred twenty-three years of the dawn

The name means daybreak. Eduardo León Jimenes was eighteen when he opened the factory in Guazumal in 1903, and the company has stayed in the family ever since.

Guillermo León and his father Fernando León examining cigars beneath a portrait of Eduardo León Jimenes

Father, son, founder

Guillermo and Fernando León, under the portrait of Eduardo.

Fernando León took the reins in 1961 and became the company's master blender. His son Guillermo joined him in 1995, founded the La Aurora Cigar Institute to train the next generation of rollers, and now leads the house as the fifth León in tobacco. The lion became the company's symbol in 1912 and has appeared on its bands since 1926.

Every La Aurora cigar on this page, from the Family Creed Series to the limited editions, is made at the factory in Santiago de los Caballeros by hand.

The 123-year story

1903 to 2026

Milestones

1903Factory opens in Guazumal with the Preferidos cigar
1912Move to Santiago; the lion becomes the symbol
1951Eduardo's four sons take over the business
1995Guillermo joins his father Fernando
2016La Aurora Cigar Institute founded; sold in 80 countries
2026Puro Vintage 2016, Hors d'Age 2025 and the Holiday Edition released

A roller cuts a wrapper leaf with a chaveta at the Santiago factory — The galera, Santiago

Two men inspect young tobacco plants in a Dominican field — Cibao Valley tobacco

05 · Where to buy

Limited editions at your tobacconist. Gifts at your door.

Puro Vintage 2016, Hors d'Age 2025 and the Dominican Holiday Edition are sold only through authorized La Aurora retailers, and the allocations are small. Use the locator, then call ahead to reserve. Everything on the holiday list ships direct.

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