In
Cuba
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cigar
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production, the factory name or ''vitola de galera'' is a standard name given to the size of the cigar across all manufacturers.
Each cigar has a factory name and a model name.
The model names are up to the individual manufacturer, some simply use the factory name, but as you see in the example below, some choose a different name, and may have one or more cigars of the same size, but may all have different names.
For example, the Emininentes (see coronas table below) is currently produced by two brands or manufacturers,
H. Upmann and
Partagas.
H.Upmann sells it as'' 'Corona Major' ''and Partagas has two models in that size, the'' 'Coronas Senior' ''and the'' 'Petit Coronas Especiales' '', but regardless of manufacturer or model name, all three are Emininentes and are exactly the same size and shape.
Outside Cuba most manufacturers, especially those established by Cuban exiles after the
revolution
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, adhered to the Cuban factory-name system into the 1970s, but since then have introduced their own vitolas and naming, without any systemization across the industry.
Factory Names and Sizes
Below is a list of the factory names and sizes, some of which are not currently in production (marked with a *), some also have two or more names (sometimes shown in brackets).
The sizes shown for the imperial measurements for length are in inches and the ring gauge (
diameter
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) is in
1/
64ths of an inch, the metric measurements are in millimetres.
Figurados
Figurados are
cigars
A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked. Cigars are produced in a variety of sizes and shapes. Since the 20th century, almost all cigars are made of three distinct components: the filler, the binde ...
that do not have straight sides, but are irregularly shaped, and have their own factory names, regardless of size. (For more information see ''
Cigar Size and shapes'')
Below is a list of factory names for the figurados, with 'Perfectos'(cigars that narrow at both ends) marked with a '‡'. As above, shapes not currently in production, are marked with a '*'.
References
Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Havana Cigars, 3rd Ed.(2005), Richard B. Perelman {{ISBN, 1-893273-06-7.
Cigars
Tobacco in Cuba
Standards