This brand was originally developed around 1928 and registered
under the name La Flor de Marquez in 1936. It was relaunched in
Spain under the present name Rafael Gonzalez and became a highly
popular brand on the Spanish market. Rafael Gonzalez is also
reputed to have introduced the Lonsdale category, in honour of Hugh Cecil
Lowther, the fifth Earl of Lonsdale.
These
cigars are of the very best quality, medium in strength and exhibiting almost
Montecristo like flavours of wood, nut and spicy overtones, with lots of
rich dark chocolate.
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