America's #1 Online Cigar Auction
first, best, biggest!

Last post 7 years ago by shaun341. 18 replies replies.
A really stupid question
Jump to Bottom | Previous Topic | Next Topic
Hmhaines Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:13 PM EST
Joined: 12-16-2015
Posts: 853
So much terminology.

I've gotten a lot of the foundation down, but I was trying to explain cigars to a non-smoking friend and I realized something: I don't know what you'd call each individual model of cigar. So far that's what I say; model. Doesn't seem right. Anyone have anything better, or more correct?

Thanks,

Harvey
DrafterX Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:23 PM EST
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,535
persuasion... Mellow
sd72 Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:24 PM EST
Joined: 03-09-2011
Posts: 9,600
Vitola?
shaun341 Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:33 PM EST
Joined: 08-02-2012
Posts: 8,826
Do you mean the line within a certain brand?
mlangphi Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:33 PM EST
Joined: 08-04-2013
Posts: 187
It is Vitola.
mlangphi Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:34 PM EST
Joined: 08-04-2013
Posts: 187
It is Vitola.
Hmhaines Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:53 PM EST
Joined: 12-16-2015
Posts: 853
I thought Vitola might be the right term, but I looked it up a while back and found something that said Vitola referred more to the particular shape. Didn't want to mix things up so I stopped saying it.

Thanks guys!
Hmhaines Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 3:55 PM EST
Joined: 12-16-2015
Posts: 853
shaun341 wrote:
Do you mean the line within a certain brand?


Yes. For instance, the My Father 'Le Bijou'. You'd refer to 'Le Bijou' as the Vitola of the cigar?
DrafterX Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 4:03 PM EST
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,535
Series..... Mellow
Mandoman Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 4:35 PM EST
Joined: 12-27-2005
Posts: 4,761
Hmhaines wrote:
Yes. For instance, the My Father 'Le Bijou'. You'd refer to 'Le Bijou' as the Vitola of the cigar?

Le Bijou would be the blend, or series. The size/shape - robusto, corona, churchill, perfecto - is the vitola.
shaun341 Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 4:56 PM EST
Joined: 08-02-2012
Posts: 8,826
Hmhaines wrote:
Yes. For instance, the My Father 'Le Bijou'. You'd refer to 'Le Bijou' as the Vitola of the cigar?


Le Bijou would be the line or blend as others have said while vitola is the size of the cigars within that line.
Hmhaines Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 5:48 PM EST
Joined: 12-16-2015
Posts: 853
There we go! Thanks fellas.
cameroon Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 6:11 PM EST
Joined: 04-06-2014
Posts: 810
It's not a distinction everyone will care about, because truly premium cigars do not come in different "lines" or "blends"
Mithrandir Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 6:36 PM EST
Joined: 03-17-2006
Posts: 2,152
Not to be confused with shape which has its' own identifiers, e.g., torpedo vs parejo vs perfecto etc....etc....etc! to quote yul brynnerfog
tamapatom Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Jul 7 2016, 8:12 PM EST
Joined: 03-19-2015
Posts: 7,381
mlangphi wrote:
It is Vitola.

No, it's a Canoli.
madspackler Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Jul 8 2016, 10:51 AM EST
Joined: 03-07-2000
Posts: 3,608
tamapatom wrote:
No, it's a Canoli.

As in "Leave the gun, take the cannolis"?
Mithrandir Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Jul 8 2016, 4:35 PM EST
Joined: 03-17-2006
Posts: 2,152
madspackler wrote:
As in "Leave the gun, take the cannolis"?


I thought it would be Clemenza.....No, Tessio is smarter, it was the right thing to do!
shaun341 Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Jul 8 2016, 5:32 PM EST
Joined: 08-02-2012
Posts: 8,826
cameroon wrote:
It's not a distinction everyone will care about, because truly premium cigars do not come in different "lines" or "blends"



I believe you are wrong in that all the premium blenders have more then one line or blend example Tatuaje is a label and the lines are Brown, Black, Havana, and series P. My father, has La Antiguedad, las antillas, and el centurion. These are all different blends or lines within a label of premium cigars.
Users browsing this topic
Guest
Back to Top