Puros or Blended Filler?

[craig]

Craig, elaborate. Do you mean that the term "blended" refers to a cigar made from tobaccos from different farms, but still within the borders of one country? If so, then a cigar may very well be "blended" and still retain "puro" denotation, right?

If you mean that all cigars are made from tobaccos that are grown in more than one country, then what about at least Cuban cigars?

Thanks

Sorry, I wasn't clear on my first sentence.

I see "Blend" and "Puro" as two different concepts: "Puro" meaning all the tobacco came from one country; and "Blend" as the choice of the leaves in the cigar to achieve a desired taste.

Thus, almost all cigars are blended. The blend for a particular cigar could result in a puro, or not.

In other words, I believe that what the OP was inquiring about was Puro vs. non-Puro.

Edit for Basil's ETA: The nationalism I was referring to was primarily Cuban. They're very proud that they don't use tobacco from anywhere else. They're the ones who have marketed "puro" as implying a puro cigar is better than a cigar that isn't a puro.

Of course, it is possible to have excessive blending for some folks' tastes, a.k.a., a "Frankenblend" - putting in so many different-tasting leaves (typically from different areas/countries) that the cigar becomes a monster (in a bad way).

OTOH, I have some Dutch Hajenius cigars - 15 to 20 different leaves (parts of leaves) from different countries. Uniquely different. Not saying I like them, but some folks do.

... and yes, I prefer Puros - from Vuelta Abajo (a.k.a. (more or less) Pinar del Rio).