Por Larranaga (cigar brand)

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Por Larrañaga is the name of a Cuban cigar brand produced in Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company.

Por Larrañaga translates to "By Larrañaga".

The Por Larrañaga logo

1 History
- 1.1 Pre-Revolution
- 1.2 Post-Revolution
2 Vitolas in the Cuban Por Larrañaga Line
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Pre-Revolution

Por Larrañaga was registered in 1834 by Ignacio Larrañaga. By the end of the 19th century, Por Larrañaga had become a well-known premium cigar brand producing both expensive and inexpensive cigars. In 1925, Por Larrañaga became the first factory to make machine-made cigars which soon resulted in a boycott by factory workers. At the time of the revolution, Por Larrañaga was the sixth largest producing Cuban brand.

[edit] Post-Revolution

Up until the 1970s, Por Larrañaga remained a respectable and popular premium cigar brand. In the 1980s production fell dramatically and due to trademark litigation in the 1990s, export of the brand was reduced to only a few countries. Today the brand has been reduced to almost entirely machine-made or hand-finished and is mainly sold in Canada and the Middle East.

Cigar Aficionado's December 2006 issue reviewed its first Por Larrañaga outside of its "Connoisseur's Corner". The petit corona selected scored an impressive 91.

[edit] Vitolas in the Cuban Por Larrañaga Line

The following list of vitolas (sizes) within the Por Larrañaga line lists their measurements in English and metric and their vitolas de galera (factory name).

Hand-Made Vitolas