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HOW TO CHOOSE A CIGAR

 

The flavour ranking is just the first step to guide your choice. Tastes vary between sizes and there are countless nuances between brands of the same ranking to be explored.

 

Flavour and strenght of cigars are;

"Light"  "Light to medium"  "Medium"  "Medium to full" "Full"-

Hoyo de Monterrey

Fonseca

Rafael Gonzalez

Quai d'Orsay

​Davidoff Gran Cru

Davidoff Primeros

Davidoff Classic

H.Upmann

Por Larranaga

El Rey Del Mundo

 

 

Cohiba Linea 1492

Davidoff Escurio

Montecristo OPEN

Romeo Y Julieta

Trinidad

Punch

Quintero

La Gloria Cubana

Sancho Panza

La Flor de Cano

 

Cohiba Linea Maduro

Cohiba Linea Clasica

Cuaba

Davidoff Millenium B.

Davidoff Nicaragua

Davidoff Primeros Ncr

Diplomaticos

Jose L. Piedra

Montecristo

Juan Lopez

San Cristobal

Vegas Robaina

 

 

Bolivar

Camacho

Cohiba Linea BHK

Cohiba Robusto

Davidoff Puro D'Oro

Partagas

Ramon Allones

Supremos

Saint Luis Rey

Vegueros

 

 

The bigger the Habano, the richer the taste will tend to be, and the cooler the smoke.

 

Fat Habanos burn slowly and deliver a large   volume of rounder smoke that drenches the   palate with the full mixture of flavours.

 

Double Figurados offers a unique flavour at the star dominated by the wrapper and binder.   The true blend is revealed when the widest part  is reached.

 

Thinner Habanos smoke more quickly and concentrate the flavours on the tongue  giving a slightly sharper taste

 

 

MAREVA

Popular Name: Petit Corona

Dimensions: 5 1/8 inch x  42 ring gauge or 129 mm x 16.67mm diameter.

The Mareva is by far most popular of all the sizes. Its 42 ring gauge allows three filler leaves to be used to their full in the blend and it is as near as you get to "standard" girth for Habanos. 

The Mareva offers around 30 minutes of smoking pleasure.

CORONA

Popular name:  Corona

Dimensions: 5 5/8 ins x 52 ring gauge or 142 mm x 16.67 mm diameter.

A Corona is the size to crown a memorable dinner, or perhaps to give you time for contemplation on a busy day. With the same girth as the Mareva, it offers over half an hour of essential relaxation.

 

LAGUITO NO. 1

Popular name:  Lancero

Dimensions: 7 ½ inch x 38 ring gauge or 192 mm x 15.08 mm diameter.

When elegance is the order of the day, the sledner lenght of the Lancero is hard to beat. There is a shorter verison too, the Coronas Especiales, which measures just 6 inches. Both originated at Havana's El Laguito factory, the home of the Cohiba, and boast the finesse of a twist of leaf on the cap. This one will take the best part of one hour to smoke.

CAÑONAZO

Popular name:  Siglo VI

Dimensions: 5 7/8 inch x 52 ring gauge or 150 mm x 20.64 mm diameter.

Many consider this to be the ultimate shape and size for a Habano. Today it is acknowledged for its excellent combustion that releases the full flavour of its filler blend during the hour or so it takes to smoke. This size was chosen for the first Gran Reserva Habano.

PETIT EDMUNDO

Popular name:  Petit Edmundo

Dimensions: 4 3/8 inch x 52 ring gauge ili 110 mm x 20.64 mm diameter.

the trend for heavy gauge cigars combined with a reduction in the amount of time available these days to enjoy them has seen popularity of the Petit Edmundo - as well similar sizes like

petit robusto - increase. It burns well whilst drenching the palate with flavour for the 20 to 25 minutes you should allow to smoke it.

PETIT EDMUNDO

Popularni naziv:  Petit Edmundo

Dimenzije: 4 3/8 inch x 52 mjera prstena ili 110 mm x 20.64 mm dijametar

Trend debljih vitola u kombinaciji sa nedostatkom vremena kojim raspolažu pušači danas doprinijelo je popularizaciji Petit Edmunda kao i Habanosa sličnih veličina poput Petit Robusta. Ravnomjerno gori i pruža potpunu aromu tijekom čitavih 20 do 25 minuta koliko mu se procjenjuje trajanje.

 

 

EDMUNDO

Popular name: Edmundo

Dimensions:  5 1/3 inch x 52 ring gauge ili 135 mm x 20.64 diameter.

The Edmundo is part of a group of heavy girth sizes that have grown in popularity in recent years. Halfway between a robusto and a Canonanzo, it commands a loyal following for its good draw and balanced releease of flavour for the 50 minutes or so it takes to smoke.

JULIETA NO. 2

Popular name: Churchill

Dimensions:  7 inch x 47 ring gauge or 178 mm x 18.65 mm diameter 

Originally from the Romeo Y Julieta factory. It is said that Winston Churchill smoked some 300,000 Habanos during his long life. Not all matched these dimensions but this was his size of choice. Another feast for the palate to be enjoyed for over an hour.

PROMINENTE

Popular name: Double Corona

Dimensions:  7 5/8 inch x 49 ring gauge or 194 mm x 19.45 mm diameter.

When time allows, there are few experiences for the taste buds to match the steady revelations of a Double Corona. Its colossal leaves may suprise you at first with their delicacy before they build to a cresendo of flavour. A good hour and a quarter is needed to smoke one.

 

ROBUSTO

Popular name: Robusto

Dimensions:  : 4 7/8 inch x 50 ring gauge or 124 mm x 19.84 mm diameter.

Modern constraints on time have made this stocky shape the first choice for many experienced smokers. Slow burning and packed with flavours, most of the joys of a really large cigar can be savoured in 30 to 40 minutes.

PIRÀMIDES

Popular name: Torpedo

Dimensions:  6 1/8 inch x 52 ring gauge or156 mm x 20.64 mm diameter.

The sizes shown so far are what is called parejo or straight-sided. This is a FIGURADO. Many believe that the Piramide or Torpedo, with its tapered head and shoulders, has special advanteges when it comes to combustibility during the hour or so it takes to smoke.

 

EXQUISITO

Popular name: Double Figurado

Dimensions: 5 ¾ inch x 46 ring gauge or 145 mm x 18.26 mm diameter.

Pointed at both ends, this Double Figurado shape is perhaps a better candidate for the title of "torpedo". A century ago most Habanos looked like this but today shape is rare except in one brand - Cuaba, where every size is double figurado.

 

PERLA

Popular name: Tres Petit Corona - TPC

Dimensions: 4 inch x 40 ring gauge or 102 mm x 15.87 mm diameter.

The Perla is one of a group of smaller vitolas, some a little longer, others a little fatter than this one. They share the ability ti deliver the true taste of Habano in 20 minutes or so.

 

LAGUITO NO. 3

Popular name: Panetela

Dimensions: 4 ½ inch x 26 ring gauge or 115 mm x 10.32 mm diameter.

A quarter of an hour will suffice to smoke this tiny example of the Torcedor's art. Perfect, for instance, to enjoy during an interval at the theatre. In fact one similar vitola is called entreacto, literally "between acts".

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Camelot d.o.o. ekskluzivni je uvoznik i distributer Habanos S.A. i Davidoff Oettinger cigara i pribora u Republici Hrvatskoj i Republici Sloveniji

 

 Camelot d.o.o. is exclusive importer and distributor of Habanos S.A. and Davidoff Oettinger cigar accessories for Croatia and Slovenia.

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