Cigars: 100 cigars - 4 vitolas
Manufactured: Hand Made and Machine made cigars
Presentation: Humidor containing 4 standard B25 boxes
Cigar Release: Pre 1960's - 1970's
The Partagás Assorted Humidor was discontinued in the 1970's. It presented 4 Partagas Vitolas in standar 25 cigar boxes. All cigars were current standard production cigars.
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Year of Foundation: 1845
Tobacco Country: Cuba
Tobacco Procedence: Vuelta Abajo (Pinar del Rio)
Cigar Factory: Partagás
In 1845, Don Jaime Partagás gave his name to this new Cuban cigar brand and achieved celebrity very fast. This is how the the Royal Factory of Cigars Partagás was founded and Partagas became one of the oldest and most well-known of all Cuban cigar brands.
Jaime Partagás was one of the first Cuban cigar makers to improve techniques that increase the cigar production, mainly the fermentation area.
Don Jaime was found dead in one of his cigar plantations in the Vuelta Abajo region. After his death, his descendants continued his work.
Later the Partagas cigar factory was sold to José A. Bances and Ramón Cifuentes and had several other owners through time. Nowadays, the Royal Factory of Cigars Partagas is still manufacturing the most excellent Cuban cigars and they are one of the Habanos world brand with a major market share.
The Partagas factory is housed in a beautiful colonial building on Industria Street, in the Old Havana, Cuba. It is the oldest cigar factory in Cuba, and one of the greatest attractions in the capital of the island. The Partagas factory is a place of obligatory visit for the Cuban cigars fans when visiting the country. In this factory they started using for first time "the reader", which is a person that read aloud the newspapers and novels to the cigar rollers while they are working, as a means of distraction from work.
This well-known Cuban Cigar brand is made from tobacco from the premium region of Vuelta Abajo (Pinar del Rio). Most Partagas cigars are full bodied cigars. All of the Partagas cigar vitoles are full, rich, with earthy cigar flavors.
The Partagas cigars are commercialized in Spain, France, Benelux, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, the Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Canada, East Europe, Hong Kong, Swiss, Germany and Great Britain. They have achieved several cigar awards in events related with the Cuban cigar world and others. In 1879 the brand Partagás was awarded with the Golden Medal of the Universal Exhibition, held in Paris.
The Partagas cigar brand is produced in huge quantities in many varieties; being one of the truly great, old Habano cigar brands, the demand for Partagas cigars continues to outweigh the supply of these excellent Cuban cigars.
As the Partagas cigar brand is consistently outstanding, most Partagas cigars are relatively expensive.