RoMa Craft Cigars

RoMa Craft Tobac has been making cigars since 2012, when Skip Martin and Michael Rosales started the company on a simple idea: great cigars come from consistency, not secrets. Every blend is rolled at their own factory, Fábrica de Tabacos Nica Sueño, in Estelí, Nicaragua. The operation runs out of Austin, Texas, and stays deliberately small.

A Philosophy Built on Consistency

RoMa Craft rejects the idea that a great cigar depends on rare leaves or lost techniques. The work is in the details — sorting tobacco, aging it properly, rolling the same cigar the same way every time. They've kept distribution to a tight group of retailers rather than chasing every shelf in the country. That restraint is the point. It's what protects the blend.

The Core Lines

The lineup covers a wide strength range, from easygoing to some of the most powerful cigars on the market.

• CroMagnon — the flagship. A full-bodied cigar on a dark, oily wrapper. The original runs Connecticut broadleaf; the newer Pennsylvania blend swaps in a darker, sweeter leaf.
• Aquitaine — CroMagnon's stronger sibling, built on an Ecuadorian Habano ligero wrapper for more spice and power.
• Neanderthal — the strongest cigar RoMa Craft makes, loaded with Pennsylvania double ligero. High nicotine. Smoke it after a meal.
• Intemperance — the Prohibition-themed value line. EC XVIII is the mildest blend in the catalog; BA XXI and Volstead 1920 step up to medium and medium-full.
• Maestranza — the newest core line and a U.S. exclusive, around a Mexican San Andrés wrapper. Medium-bodied and easy to reach for.
• BAKA — a Cameroon-wrapped blend, nutty and a touch sweet, with more strength than the wrapper suggests.

Where to Start

New to the brand? Begin with the Intemperance EC XVIII or the medium-bodied Maestranza, then work toward the full-bodied CroMagnon and Aquitaine. Save the Neanderthal for when you've got a few strong cigars under your belt. Nearly the whole catalog is made in Estelí — the lone exception is the Dominican-made Quinquagenario, produced with E.P. Carrillo.

Shop the full RoMa Craft lineup at Renegade.

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