Ligero

Ligero leaf is selected for the manufacture of heavy, full-bodied cigars, being rolled at the very center of the filler bundle owing to its slow-burning nature.

[1] The leaves of a tobacco plant ripen from the bottom to the top and are harvested in a series of "primings" as they become ready.

[3] Third-generation cigarmaker Carlos Fuente, Jr. has observed that traditional Cuban tobacco farming was a slow process which allowed for the full development of the spicy ligero leaf.

"[4]Extended direct exposure to the sun is a chief contributing factor to the thickened texture and fuller flavor of ligero leaves.

They are consequently rolled into the very center of the filler bundle of the cigar, so that ignition can be maintained by the lighter surrounding leaf.