El Rey Del Mundo

El Rey del Mundo brand cigars were created by Emilio Ohmstedt in 1848.at the same time as Sancho Panza. The brand was very small at the time. In 1870, when Mr. Ohmstedt died, the brand was transferred to Mr. Antonio Allones, who had immigrated to Havana and worked in the tobacco industry. El Rey del Mundo means "The King of the World. From the outset, Antonio Allones decided that this brand should be one of the highest representatives of Cuban know-how, he used one of the best tobaccos from Vuelta Abajo. In 1905, the company was transferred to Diaz Hermanos y Cia in the possession of Candido Vega Diaz, who later renamed it Rey del Mundo Cigar Company in the late 1930s.

In the 1940s, the factory was located at 852 Padre Valera Street in Havana. Other brands included Flor de Rafaël Gonzales, Sancho Panza and the famous Don Candido (owned by Candido Vega Diaz).

In the 1950s, the El Rey del Mundo cigars had already acquired a solid reputation. They were the most expensive cigars in the world at the time and were the preferred cigars of wealthy aficionados.

In the sixties and seventies, El Rey del Mundo cigars maintained their status as great Cuban cigars. In fact, the brand was highly recommended by Zino Davidoff himself in his book "The cigar connoisseur's book" in 1967; saying that Any cigar connoisseur is bound by nobility to own a few boxes of this brand's cigars, as well as Rafaël Gonzales.

El Rey del Mundo cigars became less popular in the eighties, in favor of more powerful cigar styles. Their export production accounted for around 1% of Habanos S.A.'s total export volume in 2000 and 2001.