a lot of stuff will Say Cuban on it, but they aren’t Cuban. about 90% of the “Cuban” cigar you se are fake, that number increases to %99.5 if your in Mexico, teh Carribean, or any other resort/vacation area. There is a large amount of fake Cubans being sold in Cuba as well. Unless it’s a pre-embargo, whcih will cost a few thousand dollars for a box you cannot import them to the US, $50,000 fine and 10 years in prison, doens’ matter if it’;s 1 cigar or 1000. The onyx is a maduro wapper as opposed to a coneticut shade, criollo, shade grown, sun grown, cameroon or one of the other different types of wrappers, which is why it may taste odd to you