The desire to seek out only the world’s finest tobaccos led to Nicaragua, where volcano-enriched soil in the Ometepe, Jalapa and Esteli Regions, combined with the climate, has helped create just the right balance of bitter and sweet notes to tantalize the palate. It took considerable time, 10 years in fact, to tame the wilder tendencies of the Nicaraguan tobaccos to deliver a blend with intensity, excitement and all the refined sophistication you would expect from Davidoff.