Tabacalera La Alianza is Casa Carrillo's 40,000-square-foot flagship factory in Santiago's Zona Franca, opened in 2009 when master blender Ernesto Perez-Carrillo returned from General Cigar to build a family-run operation in the Cibao Valley. Twelve rolling tables train torcedores in Cuban-style triple-cap finishing under Ernesto's supervision—fermenting, aging, hand-rolling, and packaging Perez-Carrillo, Essence, and INCH lines for the unified Casa Carrillo portfolio.
The floor is also a major contract hub for outside brands including Gurkha, Casdagli, Crowned Heads, and Caldwell collaborations. La Alianza sits alongside William Ventura and Tabacalera La Isla as one of the Dominican Republic's essential nodes—often invisible on the band but decisive in who really makes your cigar.