La Gloria Cubana Serie R cigars have been popular since the 1990s as the demand for bigger ring gauge cigars entered the mainstream. Originally created by award-winning cigar-maker Ernesto Perez Carrillo, La Gloria Cubana is owned by General Cigar Company. Serie R cigars are blended with a complex amalgam of Dominican, Nicaraguan, Mexican, and Brazilian long-fillers in two distinct wrappers. The Natural version is finished in an Ecuador Sumatra, and the Maduro is finished in an oily Connecticut Broadleaf. Woody notes of earth, spices, and leather meld with a touch of dried fruit in Serie R Natural.