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Belinda
Belinda was created in the 1890's. A popular brand in its heyday between the first and second world wars, it was much admired by the American comedian Groucho Marx.
All Belinda sizes are ‘mecanizado' - machine made to a medium flavour using tobaccos from the Vuelta Abajo region that are judged not suitable for ‘totalmente a mano, tripa larga' - totally hand made, long filler cigars...
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Bolívar
Simon Bolívar was one of the great historic figures of the 19th Century who liberated much of South America from Spanish rule.
The Bolívar brand was created in 1902 and is based today at the Partagas factory in the heart of Havana.
It is perhaps not surprising that a Habano named after such a powerful figure is blended to match his might. Bolívar is among the stronges...
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Cabanas
Cabanas is the oldest name in the history of cigars in Cuba. First registered in 1810, its founder, Francisco Cabaňas, is considered one of the pioneers of Cuban cigar industry.
All sizes are ‘mecanizado' - machine made to a full flavour using leaves from the Vuelta Abajo region that are judged not suitable for ‘totalmente a mano, tripa larga' - totally hand made, long filler cig...
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Cohiba
Cohiba is the flagship brand of Habanos.
It was created in 1966 for President Fidel Castro himself and was made at the then top secret but now world famous El Laguito factory. At first, it was only seen outside Cuba as gifts for heads of state and visiting diplomats.
Since 1982 Cohiba has been available in limited quantities to the open market.
The name is an ancient Taino Indian word...
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Cuaba
Every Cuaba is made in the distinctive shape known as double figurado. This was the style that at the end of the 19th Century was all the rage for Habanos.
A century later, in 1996, this rich tradition was revived at the Romeo y Julieta factory where Cuabas are made.
Double figurados are at the pinnacle of the cigar maker's art and for this alone they merit a place in every cigar enthusia...
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Diplomaticos
Diplomaticos is a comparatively recent brand dating from the 1960s. It bears a marked resemblance to Montecristo, using numbers not names to describe its sizes.
All sizes are ‘Totalmente a mano, tripa larga' - totally hand made, long filler using tobaccos from the Vuelta Abajo region.
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El Rey del Mundo
In 1882 the Antonio Allones factory, which had been making Habanos for over 30 years, decided to launch a new brand of premium quality and price. With great confidence but little modesty it was named ‘El Rey del Mundo' - The King of the World. It proved a winner.
This success lives on to this day in a selected range of Habanos renowned for its light to medium flavour and consistency....
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Flor de Cano
At a medium price level, Flor de Cano cigars offer a good balance between flavour and aroma.
Today the Flor de Cano range consists of two ‘totalmente a mano, tripa corta' - totally hand made, short filler cigars made from Vuelta Abajo and Semi Vuelta leaf and two ‘mecanizado' - machine made sizes.
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Fonseca
Don Francisco Fonseca founded his brand in the 1890s.
A handsome man, who cared deeply for appearances, he passed his sartorial precision on to his cigars, which he dressed in silky tissue paper - a tradition that continues to this day on the four Habanos sizes that bear his name.
Fonseca's light blend of tobaccos from the Vuelta Abajo region makes it the ideal cigar to follow a light meal...
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Guantanamera
Guantanamera is the title of the famous song written and popularized by the Cuban composer Joseito Fernandez in 1928. The song became an international success in the 1960's representing the image of Cuba around the world.
Guantanamera as a Habano was introduced to the international market in 2002. The cigars are made with tobacco from Vuelta Arriba, the second most important tobacco-growing re...
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H. Upmann
Herman Hupmann was a banker from Germany who so loved Cuban cigars that he moved to Havana in 1844 and set up as both banker and cigar maker. His bank closed in the early 1920s but his cigars live on as a fine example of an elegant light to medium-flavoured Habano.
All the leaf in H. Upmann is from the Vuelta Abajo tobacco region.
Gold medals in no less than eleven international exhibition...
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Hoyo de Monterrey
Hoyo de Monterrey owes its origin to the town of San Luis y Martinez, which lies at the heart of the Vuelta Abajo tobacco region. Here the Hoyo de Monterrey plantation, one of the great Vegas Finas de Primera, can be reached through a gate on the town's main square inscribed ‘Hoyo de Monterrey. José Gener. 1860'.
‘Hoyo' literally means a ‘hole' and in this case descri...
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José L. Piedra
José L. Piedra is a particularly noteworthy Habano because it is made from leaf grown exclusively in the Vuelta Arriba tobacco-growing region.
The Piedra family came to Cuba in the 1880s from the Spanish province of Asturias. They settled near the town of Santa Clara, which lies at the heart of the Vuelta Arriba region where tobacco has been grown since the 16th Century, and started to...
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Juan Lopez
A Spanish businessman named Juan Lopez Diaz founded his brand in the 1870's.
Although little known around the world today, Juan Lopez has always attracted a following amongst aficionados of Habanos.
The range offers a consistent flavour based on a rich blend of leaves form the Vuelta Abajo region and all the sizes are ‘totalmente a mano, tripa larga' - totally hand made long filler....
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La Gloria Cubana
La Gloria Cubana is a little known jewel amongst Habano brands.
Nevertheless it enjoys a long history. Founded in 1885, its name alone clearly defines its origin. For over a century it has attracted a small but loyal following amongst the most knowledgeable smokers.
The brand is characterized by its elegant presentation, especially in the Medaille d'Or Series
All the cigars are &lsqu...
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Los Statos de Luxe
The imperial eagle that adorns the boxes and bands of Los Statos de Luxe was a popular symbol on Habanos boxes of the 19th Century.
Los Statos promises a powerful flavour. Made by machines (‘mecanizado'), its blend is composed of leaves from the Vuelta Abajo region that are judged not to be suitable for totally hand made, long filler cigars.
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Montecristo
Montecristo is the best known and probably the most appreciated brand of Habanos throughout the world. It forms the benchmark for many Habanos smokers against which other brands are judged.
The name comes from the hero of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel ‘The Count of Montecristo', which was a firm favourite amongst the Torcedores ( Cigar Makers) at the H.Upmann factory where it was founde...
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Partagas
If there is one particularly famous cigar factory in Havana, it is Partagas. You can find it at No. 520 Industria Street, just behind the Capitol building, in the heart of the city.
The factory was opened in 1845 by Don Jaime Partagas and it has been making the cigars that bear his name ever since.
A Partagas is immediately recognisable by its deep, earthy flavour.
The character of it...
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Por Larrañaga
Por Larrañaga is a brand with a long history. Founded in 1834 it enjoys well-earned reputation for its quality and the attractiveness of its presentation.
All the tobacco in the Por Larrañaga range comes from the Vuelta Abajo region and the cigars are made using all three methods of production - ‘totalmente a mano, tripa larga' - totally hand made, long filler, ‘tota...
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Punch
Punch is one of the very oldest Habano brands. Don Manuel Lopez of Juan Valle & Co founded it in the mid 19th Century with an eye to the booming British market where a humorous magazine of the same name was much in vogue.
A contented Mr Punch, the clown who personified the magazine, is still featured in every box, cigar in hand, and surrounded by 19th Century images of cigar making that r...
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Quai D´Orsay
This brand owes its origin to the refined taste of the French market. Created in the 1970's, the name is taken from a well-known street in Paris beside the River Seine.
All Quai d'Orsay sizes are made with a light tasting blend of leaves from the Vuelta Abajo region and its wrappers are mainly distinguished by their Claro (light brown) and Colorado Claro (mid brown) colours.
All sizes are...
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Quintero
Quintero's smooth, medium bodied taste makes it ideal for those seeking to experience the taste of Habanos at an affordable price.
It is one of the few Habanos brands not born in Cuba's capital city, Havana. Instead its founder Agustin Quintero with his four brothers set up shop in the south coast city of Cienfuegos, known as the "Pearl of the South". Then as now all the tobaccos selected fo...
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Rafael Gonzalez
Rafael Gonzalez was created in the 1930's.
It was in this brand that the 6 ½ inch(165mm) by 42 gauge cigar, which has the factory name of Cervantes, was first called a Lonsdale after Lord Lonsdale, the famous English sporting Earl and cigar aficionado of that period. Now many other brands use the name as well.
On its lid label each box carries a curious inscription written in Englis...
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Ramon Allones
Ramon Allones is one of the big names in the history of Habanos. Founded in 1837, it is also one of the oldest established Habano brands in production.
A Galician by birth, Ramon Allones was the first cigar manufacturer to pack his cigars in boxes decorated with labels and stamped with his brand's emblem. He was the pioneer of the packaging we know today.
All the cigars are filled with a...
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Romeo y Julieta
Named after William Shakespeare's tragic lovers, the origins of Romeo y Julieta as a Habano date back to 1875.
The brand rose to international fame during the early years of the 20th Century under the direction of Don ‘Pepin' Fernandez, a talented promoter, who was amongst the first to recognise the power of the cigar band. During his hey day no less than 20,000 different bands were use...
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Saint Luis Rey
Saint Luis Rey was founded just before the Second World War.
Some say that its name was taken from a Thornton Wilder play "The Bridge of San Luis Rey", which was popular at the time. However it is more likely that it refers to the town of San Luis in the heart of the Vuelta Abajo tobacco region, which is particularly famous for the superb wrapper leaves produced there.
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San Cristóbal de La Habana
San Cristóbal de la Habana was the original name of Havana, Cuba's capital city, when it was founded in 1519; San Cristóbal (St Christopher) in honour of Columbus and La Habana after an Indian name for the site.
San Cristóbal de la Habana cigars were introduced in 1999 as a tribute to the city's long history on the threshold of the new Millennium.
Its range is composed...
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Sancho Panza
Like other great Habano brands such as Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta, Sancho Panza takes it name from a masterpiece of world literature.
In Don Quixote, the famous 17th Century Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, it was Sancho Panza who served the errant knight as his faithful squire.
His name was first used for a Habano in 1848 and since then it has enjoyed a reputation for quality am...
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Trinidad
Trinidad is named after the beautiful 16th Century city of La Santísima Trinidad (The Holy Trinity), listed by UNESCO as a historical monument, which is situated on Cuba's south coast.
Trinidad, as a Habano, dates back to 1969 but for many years, like Cohiba, it was made only for gifts to foreign diplomats. Not until 1998 was it released for general sale and then only in small quantiti...
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Vegas Robaina
The Robaina family have farmed tobacco continuously since 1845 on their precious vegas (fields) at Cuchillas de Barbacoa situated in the San Luis zone of the Vuelta Abajo tobacco region.
Vegas Robaina cigars were introduced in 1997 as a tribute to the legendary ability of the family's patriarch Don Alejandro Robaina, who is pictured on every box. They salute not only his skills but also those...
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Vegueros
It is a tradition in the Vuelta Abajo region for the vegueros (farmers) to make their own cigars. Visitors to this part of Pinar del Rio province often want to try these cigars made in the land where the best tobacco in the world is grown.
As a result, in 1996, the brand called Vegueros was introduced to the market as a tribute to the countless generations that have cultivated tobacco in Pinar...
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