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The Montecristo No. 4 is the best selling Cuban cigar. [4] It is a one-half to one hour's smoke, and is generally considered [5] to be an excellent starting point for those new to Cuban cigars. The Montecristo No. 4 was the preferred cigar of Argentine revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara. [6]
The Cuban cigar is also referred to as El Habano. [3] A Cuban cigar being hand-rolled (hecho a mano) Cubatabaco and Habanos SA – held equally by the Cuban state and Spanish-based private enterprise Altadis – do all the work relating to Cuban cigars, including manufacture, quality control, promotion and distribution, and export. [4]
La Gloria Cubana is the name of two premium cigar brands, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic by El Credito Cigar Company for General Cigar Company, now a subsidiary of Swedish Match.
The Bolívar logo. Bolívar is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic from Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco for General Cigar Company, which is today a subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
In 2004, to celebrate the brand's fifth anniversary, 3 additional cigars were produced for the V Anniversary Humidor and eventually released for public sale. These new cigars, the Officios, Mercaderes and Muralla, also feature an additional "La Casa del Habano" band as these cigars were only available at La Casa del Habano retailers.
Trinidad is a Cuban brand of cigars, named after the city of Trinidad, Cuba. [1] A production plant is located in Cuba and managed by the Cuban manufacturing company Habanos S.A., and a production plant is located in the Dominican Republic and managed by the Spanish manufacturing company Altadis which is a subsidiary of the British tobacco company Imperial Brands.
A box of Cuban-made Partagás Shorts. Partagás is a brand name of cigars that are made by two independent & competing entities, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company; the other, containing no Cuban tobacco, produced in the Dominican Republic for General Cigar Company, a division of Scandinavian Tobacco Group of Denmark.
Dueling Cuban and non-Cuban brands; non-Cuban made in the Dominican Republic The Griffins Davidoff: Imperial Tobacco Dominican Republic Guantanamera: H. Upmann: 1. Habanos S.A.; 2. Altadis: Cuban, and non-Cuban produced in the Dominican Republic Hamlet (cigar) Gallaher Group division of Japan Tobacco Hamlet cigars were first launched in the UK ...