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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 English and metric, their
vitolas de galera (factory name), and their conventional name
in American cigar slang.
Hand-Made Vitolas
Don Alejandro - 7 5/8" x 49 (194 x 19.45 mm) Prominente, a
double corona
Clasico - 6 1/2" x 42 (165 x 16.67 mm) Cervantes, a lonsdale
Annico - 6 1/8" x 52 (156 x 20.64 mm) Piramide, 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
rothschi
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