Manuel Quesada has been making cigars since 1974. His original cigars were mild bodied, most of them a blend of Dominican filler and binder tobaccos cloaked with light Connecticut-seed wrapper however his latest endeavors are bolder, more vibrant smokes. The Casa Magna Colorado is his greatest innovation, he joined forces with Nicaragua's largest grower of cigar tobacco, Nestor Plasencia, and created this blend in Plasencia's Segovia Cigar factory.

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In 2008 the Casa Magna Colorado Robusto was named Cigar of the Year by Cigar Aficionado with a rating of 93 points.