More RomaCraft Neanderthal for Norway
More RomaCraft Neanderthal for Norway. Nordic Cigars, the distributor for RomaCraft Tobac in Norway is adding two more sizes of the Neanderthal line. The line is now available in three vitolas instead of one.
Neanderthal
The production of the cigars takes place at Fabrica de Tabacos NicaSueño S.A. in Esteli, Nicaragua. It’s the factory of RomaCraft owners Mike Rosales and Skip Martin in collaboration with Esteban Disla. The line gets its name from an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.
For the blend, RoMa Craft uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Connecticut broadleaf binder. The fillers are from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Pennsylvania. The line is notable for its flat caps and the use of Pennsylvania Green River One Sucker. That tobacco is a type of Ligero that is one of the most powerful ones that cigar manufacturers use in the premium cigar industry.
Cigar names
RoMa Craft has a reputation for its cigar names. A lot of inspiration comes from ancient history. And that goes for the Neanderthal too. The new sizes that Nordic Cigar added to the portfolio are no exception. The 4¾x56 KFG and the 5¾x46 HS get their names from Kleine Feldhofer Grotte and Hermann Schaaffhausen. The 5 ½ x50 JCF gets its name from Johann Carl Fuhlrott. That last one has been on the market in Norway for a while.
The Kleine Feldhover Grotte is a karstic limestone cave and a paleoanthropological site in the Neander Valley in western Germany. In August 1856, the Neanderthal type specimen was unearthed from the cave. Miners uncovered a skull cap and several skeletal bones to be labeled Neanderthal. The bones belong to at least three distinct individuals.
Hermann Schaaffhausen and Johann Carl Fuhlrott were German paleoanthropologists. They were part of the team that investigated the unusual bones. Both men passed away in the 19th century. But thanks to their discovery and research, their names are carved in history. RoMa Craft is adding to that with the Neanderthal series.
