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Quintero Cuban Cigars History
The brand is believed to have been founded as Quintero y
Hermanos in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1924, the same year that
Agustin Quintero built his cigar factory. By the 1940s,
Quintero was a major export brand and sold especially well in
the Spanish market.
Production continued through the Revolution, but beginning in
1970s and through the 1990s, the Quintero line would gradually
shrink from a handmade marca to currently only consisting of
six machine-made and/or hand-finished sizes. Despite this,
Quintero has retained its popularity with Spanish cigar
smokers and has the distinction of being the only Cuban
machine-made brand to be globally marketted by Habanos SA.
Quintero also produces three machine-made cigarillos: the
Mini, the Club, and the Purito.
In recent years, Altadis has used the name "Quintero" for use
on a line of Nicaraguan-Honduran blend cigars for the American
market.
Vitolas in the Cuban Quintero Line
The following list of vitolas (sizes) within the Quintero line
lists their measurements in English and metric, their vitolas
de galera (factory name), and their conventional name in
American cigar slang.
Machine-Made and Hand-Finished Vitolas
Breva - 5 1/2" x 40 (140 x 15.87 mm) Nacional, a corona
Nacional - 5 1/2" x 40 (140 x 15.87 mm) Nacional, a corona
Panetela - 5" x 36 (127 x 14.29 mm) Veguerito, a short
panetela
Londres Extra - 4 7/8" x 40 (123 x 15.87 mm) Standard, a petit
corona
Purito - 4 1/8" x 29 (106 x 11.51 mm) Chico, a cigarillo
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