Vegas Robaina Explained

Vegas Robaina is the name of a cigar brand, produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company.^[1]

History

Alejandro Robaina was a tobacco farmer in the Vuelta Abajo of Cuba. Each year, 80% of Robaina's tobacco harvest was deemed fit for use as wrapper leaf for Cuban cigars (compared to only around 35% for other plantations). In 1997, Habanos SA launched a line of cigars bearing the name of his farmland. Vegas Robaina cigars are made in Havana at the former H. Upmann factory.

Robaina died on April 17, 2010, after being diagnosed with cancer in 2009.^[2]

Vitolas in the Vegas Robaina line

The following list of vitolas de salida (commercial vitolas) within the Vegas Robaina marque lists their size and ring gauge in Imperial (and Metric), their vitolas de Galera (factory vitolas), and their common name in American cigar slang:

• Clásico -, Cervantes, a lonsdale [discontinued]
• Don Alejandro -, Prominente, a double corona
• Familiar -, Corona, a corona
• Famoso -, Hermoso No. 4, a corona extra
• Único -, Pirámide, a pyramid

See also

• Cigar brands

Further reading

• Nee, Min Ron - An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars (2003, Reprinted: 2005),

External links

• Vegas Robaina at Habanos S.A.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cuba tobacco is rebounding after ruinous Hurricane Ian. Andrea. Rodríguez . Associated Press. March 8, 2023. Los Angeles Times.
2. Web site: 'Godfather' of Cuban tobacco dead at 91 com. CNN.