Vegas Robaina (cigar brand)

Vegas Robaina (cigar brand)

Vegas Robaina is the name of a premium cigar brand, produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company.

History

Don Alejandro Robaina is renowned by cigar aficionados everywhere as one of the best tobacco farmers in the famed Vuelta Abajo of Cuba. Each year, 80% of Don Alejandro's tobacco harvest is deemed fit for use as wrapper leaf for Cuban cigars (compared to only around 35% for other plantations). In 1997, Habanos SA honored him by launching a new line of cigars bearing the name of his famous farmland. Vegas Robaina cigars, made in Havana at the former H. Upmann Factory, have quickly become popular among cigar aficionados.

Don Alejandro has, himself, become a celebrity in the world of Cuban cigars, with many aficionados and tourists in Cuba flocking to his farm in the San Luis region of the Vuelta Abajo to meet the man himself and see his tobacco "vegas".

"Vitolas" in the Vegas Robaina Line

The following list of "vitolas" (sizes) within the Vegas Robaina line lists their measurements in American and metric, their "vitolas de galera" (factory name), and their conventional size description.

"Hand-Made Vitolas"
* Don Alejandro - 7 5/8" x 49 (194 x 19.45 mm) Prominente, a double corona
* Clásico - 6 1/2" x 42 (165 x 16.67 mm) Cervantes, a lonsdale
* Único - 6 1/8" x 52 (156 x 20.64 mm) Pirámide, a pyramid or torpedo
* Familiar - 5 5/8" x 42 (142 x 16.67 mm) Corona, a corona
* Famoso - 5" x 48 (127 x 19.05 mm) Hermoso No. 4, a robusto or rothschild

References

* Nee, Min Ron - "An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars" (2003, Reprinted: 2005), ISBN 3-9809308-2-3

See also

* Cigar brands

External links

* [http://www.habanos.com Official website of Habanos S.A.]
* [http://www.cigars-review.org/cigars/Vegas-Robaina.htm Reviews of Vegas Robaina Cigars]


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