Five centuries after Christopher Columbus heard the word Cohiba for the first time in the Dominican Republic, a Cohiba quality cigars was developed in the same country by Diaz y Cia in l978. The Dominican Cohiba quality cigars, which was reformulated in the 1990s, is the only Cohiba quality cigars that can be purchased legally in the United States. The Cohiba quality cigars that is crafted today in the Dominican Republic took years to develop. The dark, rich wrapper leaf is grown in the sub-tropical West African climate of Cameroon. The supple and flavorful Jember binder is grown in Indonesia. To balance the richness of the wrapper, the smooth-smoking Piloto Cubano filler leaves are grown in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Cohiba is a deeply satisfying quality cigars, rich in flavor and history that does not overpower the smoker.