Rafael Gonzalez

It is said that the advice inscribed on each Rafael Gonzalez box that the cigars are packaged in 'should be smoked within one month of shipment or should be carefully matured for above one year' was written in his own hand by an English importer of the 1930's.

Rafael Gonzalez are believed to be the first cigar company to use the term Lonsdale to describe the shape of cigar that is 6.5” long by 42 ring guage – The factory name of this shape cigar is the Cervantes. The term Lonsdale comes from Hugh Cecil Lowther, the Fifth Earl of Lonsdale who was a famous English sporting Earl who was a passionate cigar aficionado of that time. This term is now in common use by other brands of cigars.

Buy your cigars from Turmeaus and you can be assured you are receiving the finest grade of tobacco as your cigars will be personally checked and packed by one of our Hunters & Frankau trained sales team. We check top and bottom layers of cigars for wrapper colour, cigar condition and of course any signs of infestation. Rest assured when you buy Havana cigars from Turmeaus... you are buying the finest quality cigars available anywhere in the world!