Valentino Siesto

Valentino Siesto, an Italian entrepreneur born in 1967, arrived in the Dominican Republic in 1997 to open a jewellery shop and discovered cigars, says humolatino.com, which places a first partnership with a factory in Santiago de los Caballeros in 2005 and the commercial launch of his brand in 2018. The house, for its part, dates the start of its own factory in Tamboril to 2014 and production covering numerous vitolas to 2019, says valentinosiestocigars.com; Cigar Coop confirms production at the Tabacalera El Hoyito since 2014. Juan Gomez, a partner in the venture, is the house's master blender, with forty years of experience, says humolatino.com.

Tabacalera El Hoyito, in Tamboril, traces back to the artisanal work of Marcelo Gómez from the mid-1960s; his children set up a family venture there in 1978, formalised as a company — Tabacalera El Hoyito S.R.L. — in 2011, says Tributary Cigars.

As of September 2026, the catalogue holds two regular lines and one exclusive. The Premium Series is rolled under a Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper, over a Dominican binder and Criollo '98 filler, for a full body, in Robusto; a version numbered 67 is reserved for the American market, says klarocigars.com. The Black Series comes in Nero Black (Connecticut or Ecuadorian Sun Grown wrapper, Dominican filler, in Toro and Robusto) and Yellow Black (entirely Dominican filler, in 46 x 6), says Cigar Coop. In April 2025 the house presented its first exclusive for the PCA trade show, a Robusto under a Connecticut wrapper.

Range Depth

• Premium Series

  Wrapper San Andrés Maduro (Mexico) · Strength Full

  Dominican binder and Criollo '98 filler, in Robusto; a version numbered 67 reserved for the American market, says klarocigars.com.

• Black Series

  Wrapper Undisclosed

  In Nero Black (Connecticut or Ecuadorian Sun Grown wrapper, Dominican filler, in Toro and Robusto) and Yellow Black (entirely Dominican filler, in 46 x 6), says Cigar Coop.

• PCA Exclusive

  Wrapper Connecticut

  First run reserved for the PCA trade show, a Robusto under a Connecticut wrapper, presented in April 2025, says Cigar Coop.