The band tells you the brand. The factory tells you who actually made the cigar.

Drew Estate identifies La Gran Fabrica as the manufacturing home for its major Nicaraguan portfolio. The company has announced a separate Dominican factory planned for 2027, so Dominican-focused releases should not automatically be assumed to come from a Dominican factory today.

My Father makes its own Garcia-family portfolio and is also responsible for documented third-party brands such as Tatuaje. Shared factory does not mean the blends are interchangeable.

AJ Fernandez describes these as part of AJ’s own portfolio. AJ also manufactures collaborations and third-party cigars, but those should be mapped individually rather than assuming every AJ-made cigar is an AJ-owned brand.

Oliva’s core families are made within its Nicaraguan production system. Nub and Cain are part of the Oliva portfolio; they should still be treated as distinct blends and product families.

J.C. Newman explicitly lists these Nicaraguan brands as PENSA production. The important value lesson is that inexpensive Quorum and more premium Brick House can come from the same factory without being the same blend.

Fuente’s Dominican production system makes its core premium families. Company history documents the Fuente family opening production in Santiago in 1980 and later developing Hemingway and OpusX. Individual Fuente lines remain distinct blends even when they share the same family operation.

Plasencia operates multiple factories across Nicaragua and Honduras. Plasencia states that its Nicaraguan Plasencia Cigars factory produces the Alma Series and Reserva Original, while other Plasencia factories also manufacture cigars for outside companies.

La Aurora traces its factory history to 1903 and describes itself as the oldest cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. Its modern portfolio spans multiple price and strength tiers, making it another useful house-style value comparison target.

Tabacalera describes Tabacalera de García in La Romana as a major premium-cigar factory. Brand ownership and market rights differ by geography, so Cuban Habanos versions must never be merged with non-Cuban US-market versions just because the brand name is the same.

Perdomo operates a vertically integrated Nicaraguan production system and maintains a broad portfolio from premium anniversary lines to value-oriented Fresco and Nick’s Sticks. That makes the brand especially useful for within-manufacturer value comparisons.

Aganorsa describes itself as controlling the seed-to-ash process and publicly groups Aganorsa Leaf, JFR, Lunatic, Guardian of the Farm and New Cuba within its cigar portfolio. It is a particularly useful value-study manufacturer because the company itself markets JFR as delivering a premium-style experience at a lower price tier.