Glossary of Terms
Amarillo – A yellow wrapper leaf which is grown in the shade.
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American Market Selection – Abbreviated AMS, a seldom-used term created by the major importer of Cuban cigars in the 1950s to designate claro-colored wrappers.
Related Terms: English Market Selection
Band – A ring of paper wrapped around the closed head of most cigars and usually held on with a vegetable based glue. Bands are often printed with the name of the brand, country of origin, and/or indication that the cigar is hand-rolled. Most bands include colorful graphics, which have made them popular collectors’ items.
Although most people leave the band on while smoking a cigar, it is equally appropriate to remove it, as long as the cigar’s wrapper leaf is not torn when the band is removed.
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Belicoso – Frequently used to describe tapered coronas or corona gordas, “belicoso” denotes a short, pyramid-shaped cigar, 5 to 5 1/2 inches in length with a short, rounded taper at the head and a ring gauge generally of 50 or less.
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Binder – One of the three main components in a cigar, it is the portion of a tobacco leaf that is rolled around the filler to hold the cigar together. It can be either a half-leaf of tobacco or pieces of chopped tobacco processed into sheet form.
Blend – A mixture of different types of tobacco in a cigar, including up to five types of filler leaves, a binder leaf (see above) and an outer wrapper. The two basic blends used in high-grade cigars are Olor and Cubanito.
Bloom – A fine white powder that forms on the wrapper of the cigar during the aging process. This naturally occurring phenomenon is caused by the oils that exude from the tobacco and simply indicates that the cigar is alive and maturing as it should inside a well maintained humidor. It can be gently brushed off with a small camel hair brush, though there is no need to do this. Bloom should not be confused with mold which is bluish-green and stains the wrapper. The presence of mold usually indicates a humidor is too warm or has excessive levels of humidity.
Related Terms: Plume
Blow a Cloud – To smoke a cigar or pipe. This term was popularized during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Blue Mold – Peronospora tabacina is a fast moving, airborne fungus that forms small, round blemishes on the leaves of the tobacco plant. It flourishes in cool, cloudy, damp weather and can ruin an entire crop in just a few days.
Boite Nature – The cedar box in which many cigars are sold.
Book Style/Booking – A rolling method, common in Honduras, where the cigarmaker lays the filler leaves atop one another, then rolls them up like a scroll. An alternate method is the Cuban-inspired “entubar.”
Bouquet – The smell, or “nose,” of a fine cigar. If improperly stored, cigars will lose their bouquet.
Box – The container used to package cigars. The traditional styles include:
- “Cabinet Selection” – Wood boxes with a sliding top, designed to hold 25 or 50 cigars.
- “8-9-8” – A round-sided box specifically designed to accommodate three rows of cigars with eight on top, nine in the middle, and eight on the bottom.
- “Flat Top” or “13-Topper” – The flat rectangular box most popular today (shown here in photo on right). This box holds 25 cigars, with 13 on top and 12 on the bottom, held in place by a spacer.
Box-pressed – The square shape taken on by cigars when they are packed tightly into the box.
Bull’s-Eye Piercer – A device used to pierce the closed head of a cigar before smoking. It creates a circular opening like the bull’s eye on a target.
Bulk – A large pile of tobacco leaves in which fermentation occurs.
Bunch – The different types of filler leaves that are blended to create the body of the cigar and held together by the binder before they are rolled into a wrapper.
Bundle – An ecomonic packaging method that uses a cellophane overwrap as opposed to a box. A bundle usually contains 25 or 50 cigars, traditionally without bands, offering a less expensive option to boxed cigars. Oftentimes bundles are comprised of seconds from premium brands or they are made from the long and medium filler left over from very good cigars. (The leftover tobacco is rolled into another cigar instead of being thrown out.) These cigars typically use a high quality binder and wrapper.
Burros – The piles, or bulks, in which cigar tobacco is fermented. Burros can often stand as tall as a person and must be carefully monitored. If the heat level inside them gets too high (over 110°F), the burro is taken apart to slow the fermentation.
Cabinet Selection – Cigars packed in a wooden box rather than a cardboard or paper-covered cigar box. This packaging method is preferable when buying cigars for aging.
Cameroon – This wrapper leaf is grown primarily in Cameroon, West Africa and is preferred by cigar smokers for its delicately spicy taste, sweet aroma and excellent burning properties.
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Candela – A bright green shade of wrapper, achieved by a heat-curing process that fixes the chlorophyll content of the wrapper while it’s still in the barn. Also referred to as double claro (see definition below).
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Cap – A circular piece of wrapper leaf placed at the head of the cigar to secure the wrapper.
Capa – The cigar’s wrapper.
Carotene – A naturally occurring compound found in aged cigars.
Case – During the production process, workers “case” or slightly moisten aged tobacco, making it easier for hand rollers to work with.
Cedar – The type of wood most commonly used to make cigar boxes and humidors.
Chaveta – Also known as a “roller’s knife,” a chaveta is a knife used in a cigar factory to cut the wrapper leaf.
Churchill – A large corona-format cigar, traditionally measuring 7 inches in length with a 47 ring gauge (often a 48 ring gauge today). Named after Sir Winston Churchill who was famous for almost never being seen without a cigar.
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Cigarillos – Thin, three-inch cigars, popular in Europe, and generally machine-made. Many brands use homogenized wrappers or binders.
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Claro – The classic color of a Connecticut shade grown tobacco wrapper , it is pale-green to light-brown in color and typically signifies that the cigar will be mild.
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Clear Havana – A cigar made in the United States prior to the embargo with Cuban tobacco.
Colorado – A medium-brown to brownish-red shade of wrapper, most often seen in well aged and mature cigars.
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Colorado Claro – A medium brown wrapper, similar to a Cameroon wrapper from West Africa. Although slightly stronger than the Claro, it is still considered mild.
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Colorado Maduro – A dark brown wrapper, usually seen on cigars produced in Honduras, Nicaragua and sometimes in Cuba. These cigars are considered medium to strong and give off an excellent aroma.
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Connecticut Wrapper – A wrapper leaf grown in the Windsor Valley of Connecticut used for both natural and maduro cigars.
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Corojos – Plants that are chosen to provide wrapper leaves and are grown under a gauze sunscreen.
Corona – The most familiar size and shape for premium cigars. Generally straight-sided with an open foot and a closed, rounded head, these cigars are typically 5 1/2 inches in length with a ring gauge of 42.
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Country of Origin – This refers to not only the country where the cigar is made, but also the country where the tobacco is grown. Sometimes they are the same but, because cigar manufacturers can buy leaves for filler, binder and wrapper from anywhere in the world, some cigars are manufactured in one country using tobacco from another. Knowing the country of origin can give you a general guide to the particular style of cigar (mild, strong, rich, smooth, etc.).
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Cuban Seed – Usually refers to plants grown in non-Cuban countries with seeds from Cuba.
Cubanito – This tobacco is a direct descendant of the original Cuban Havana and is grown in Nicaragua, Honduras and Mexico. It is used as a filler tobacco and furnishes a rich, full-bodied smoke.
Cubatabaco – Formerly the worldwide distribution company for Cuban cigars; now called Habanos S.A.
Culebra – Spanish for “snake.” Culebras are cigars made of three panetelas braided and banded together; usually 5 to 6 inches in length, most often with a 38 ring gauge.
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Custom Label – Also known as Private Label, this term refers to the ring of paper wrapped around the closed head of most cigars and usually held on with a vegetable based glue. Custom Label Bands are those which include personalized wording or logos. These are great ideas for weddings, corporate functions, special events, etc.
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Cutter – An instrument with a razor sharp blade used to remove the cap or flag from both machine made and hand made cigars.
Diademas – A large cigar with a closed and tapered head. Generally about 8 inches long; the foot may be open, or closed like a perfecto.
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Double Claro – A greenish-brown wrapper that produces a somewhat light and bland taste. (See also “Candela“)
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Double Corona – Also called prominente, this is a large cigar, generally 7 1/2 to 8 inches with a ring gauge of 49 to 52.
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Draw – The amount of air that gets pulled through a lighted cigar. It can be too easy (hot) or too tight (plugged).
English Market Selection – Abbreviated EMS, a term used to designate a natural color wrapper, not claro or lighter shades, nor maduro or darker shades. In the United Kingdom, an EMS sticker found on boxes of Cuban cigars refers to inventory that has been vetted by Hunters & Frankau, cigar distributors.
Related Terms: American Market Selection
Entubar – A rolling method that originated in Cuba. Rather than booking the filler leaves, the roller folds each individual filler leaf back on itself, then bunches the leaves together. Proponents of this method say it creates superior air flow through the cigar, which results in an even draw and burn.
Escaparates – The cooling cabinets in which cigars are kept at the factory for a few weeks after they have been rolled.
Fermentation – After harvest, workers gather the tobacco leaves in large bulks (or piles), moistening the leaves and allowing them to ferment. Temperatures may reach 140°F before the bulk is broken down and restacked until fermentation stops naturally. This process, called working the bulk, releases ammonia from the tobacco.
Figurado – A Spanish term that refers to cigars with shapes sizes such as belicosos, torpedos, pyramids, perfectos and culebras.
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Filler – The individual tobacco leaves used in the body of the cigar. These can be either cut pieces (short filler), small leaves (Medium Filler) or long, continuous leaves (Long Filler) running the full length of the cigar. A fine cigar usually contains between two to five different types of filler tobacco.
Finish – A tasting term that refers to the taste that lingers on your palate after a puff. Mild cigars do not have much finish, either in terms of length or complexity. On the other hand, stronger, more full-bodied cigars have distinctive flavors that linger for a while.
Flag Leaves – An extension of the wrapper leaf shaped to finish the head of a cigar; used instead of a cap. Flags are sometimes tied off in a pigtail or a curly head.
Foot – The open end of the cigar you light. Most often it is pre-cut, with the exception of torpedos and perfectos.
Gorda – Spanish for “fat,” this term is used to describe the shape of a cigar, as in the corona gorda shape, which is a “fat” corona. Traditionally a gorda is 5 5/8 inches in length with a 46 ring gauge.
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Gran Corona – A large cigar, generally 6 3/4 inches in length with a 48 ring gauge.
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Gum – A vegetable adhesive used to secure the head of the wrapper leaf around the finished bunch.
Habana (Havana) – The capital of Cuba, this is the traditional center of manufacturing of Cuban cigars for export, and a term widely used to designate Cuban cigars. Also refers to the tobacco types grown from Cuban seed in the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Habano – An inscription on a cigar band which desginates that a cigar is Cuban. (Note: not all Cuban cigars are marked with “Habano” or “Havana.”)
Habanos S.A. – The worldwide distribution company for Cuban cigars; formerly called Cubatabaco.
Half-wheel – Also known as a media ruedas, this term refers to a bundle of 50 cigars. Oftentimes these bundles are tied with a ribbon, thus producing the half-wheel shape.
Hand – Individual leaves of tobacco that are hung together after harvest and tied at the top. Hands are piled together to make a bulk for fermentation.
Handmade – A cigar made entirely by hand with high-quality wrapper and long filler. All premium cigars are handmade. Generally, the wrapper leaves used by hand-rollers are more delicate than those used by machines. *All cigars manufactured by Victory Cigars are premium, hand-made in the Domincan Republic.
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Hand-rolled – Same as Handmade (see definition above)
Havana – Same as Habana (see definition above)
Head – The closed end of the cigar; the end you cut or pierce before smoking.
Holder – An instrument placed on the head of a cigar while smoking. Although cigar holders are an interesting affectation and collectible, true aficionados let nothing come between their lips and the head of a cigar they’re smoking.
Homogenized Binder – A binder made of chopped tobacco leaf and cellulose. Scorned by purists, it facilitates machine production and can facilitate the burn of certain products.
Hot – This term is used to describe a cigar that is underfilled and has a quick, loose draw. A hot cigar can produce harsh flavors.
Humidor – A room, or a box, of varying sizes, designed to preserve or promote the proper storage and aging of cigars. This is achieved by maintaining a relative humidity level of 70 percent and a temperature of approximately 65°F to 70°F.
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Hygrometer – A device that indicates the humidity, or percentage of moisture in the air; used to monitor humidor conditions.
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Inhale – The process of drawing smoke into the lungs. Unlike cigarettes, you do not inhale when smoking a cigar.
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Label – A ring of paper wrapped around the closed head of most cigars and usually held on with a vegetable based glue. Bands are often printed with the name of the brand, country of origin, and/or indication that the cigar is hand-rolled. Most bands include colorful graphics, which have made them popular collectors’ items.
Although most people leave the label on while smoking a cigar, it is equally appropriate to remove it, as long as the cigar’s wrapper leaf is not torn when the label is removed.
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Lance – A cutter used to pierce a small hole in the closed end of a cigar. Also called a piercer.
Lector – Traditionally, this is a person who reads to the cigar rollers while they work.
Ligero – One of the three basic types of filler tobacco. The name means “light” in Spanish, but this aromatic tobacco lends body to a blend.
Long Filler – Filler tobacco that runs the entire length of the cigar body.
Lonsdale – A long cigar. Although there are many variations, this cigar is generally 6 to 6 3/4 inches in length with a 42 to 44 ring gauge.
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Machine-made – Cigars made entirely by machine, using heavier-weight wrappers and binders. Most often, these cigars use chopped or short filler in place of long filler.
Maduro – Meaning “ripe” in Spanish, this term refers to a very dark wrapper in shades ranging from reddish-brown to almost black. The color can be achieved by sun exposure, a cooking process or a prolonged fermentation.
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Media Ruedas – Also known as Half-Wheels, this term refers to a bundle of 50 cigars. Oftentimes these bundles are tied with a ribbon, thus producing the half-wheel shape.
Medium Filler – This term refers to the length of the filler tobacco used to make up a cigar. While Long Filler cigars use continuous leaves throughout the length of the cigar, Medium filler cigars use smaller leaves, all from the same plants. Although they are the same blend, Medium Filler can burn inconsistently and/or change flavor, hence they are usually less expensive than Long Filler cigars.
Mini Cigarillo – Another term for cigarillos, which are thin, three-inch cigars, popular in Europe, and generally machine-made. Many brands use homogenized wrappers or binders.
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Mold – 1. A wooden form used in cigar making to give shape to a finished bunch. It is comprised of two parts which, when assembled, are placed in a press. 2. A potentially damaging fungus that forms on a cigar when it is stored at too high a temperature.
Natural – Also known as English Market Selection (or E.M.S.), this term describes a dark tan or brown colored tobacco wrapper . These leaves are sometimes sun-grown for a smooth, rich and full flavor.
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Oil – The mark of a well-humidified cigar. Even well-aged cigars secrete oil when properly stored at the desired level of 70 to 72 percent relative humidity.
Olor – A variety of cigar tobacco known for its big leaves, olor is a hybrid obtained from crossing Connecticut Valley strains with Havana. It is grown mostly in the Olor province of the Dominican Republic and is cured a year longer than other tobaccos for a mild, aromatic smoke. It is used as filler tobacco and, most commonly, as binder tobacco.
Oscuro – A strong flavored, black wrapper, darker than maduro, most often Brazilian or Mexican in origin.
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Panetela – A long, thin cigar shape, typically 7 inches in length with a 38 ring gauge.
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Parejos – A term which refers to straight-sided cigars, such as coronas, panetelas (see above) and lonsdales.
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Partido – A prime tobacco growing area located in Cuba.
Perfecto – A distinctive cigar shape that is closed at both ends, with a rounded head, and usually with a bulge in the middle.
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Piercer – A cutter used to pierce a small hole in the closed end of a cigar. Also called a lance.
Piloto Cubano – A popular variety of Cuban-seed tobacco that is grown in the Dominican Republic.
Planchas – Boards on which tobacco leaves are spread before fermentation.
Plug – A blockage that sometimes occurs in the tobacco that can prevent a cigar from drawing properly. Gently massaging the cigar can sometimes alleviate the problem.
Plume – Also known as bloom, this is a fine white powder that forms on the wrapper of the cigar during the aging process. This naturally occurring phenomenon is caused by the oils that exude from the tobacco and simply indicates that the cigar is alive and maturing as it should inside a well maintained humidor. It can be gently brushed off with a small camel hair brush, though there is no need to do this. Plume should not be confused with mold which is bluish-green and stains the wrapper. The presence of mold usually indicates a humidor is too warm or has excessive levels of humidity.
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Pre-Castro Cigar – A Cuban cigar made before Fidel Castro’s rise to power in January 1959.
Pre-embargo Cigar – A Cuban cigar made before President Kennedy enacted the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba in 1962.
Primings – The rows of leaves on a tobacco plant. The number of primings varies, but the average is six. The first priming is closest to the ground, the sixth is near the top. The higher the priming, the stronger the tobacco.
Private Label – Also known as Custom Label, this term refers to the ring of paper wrapped around the closed head of most cigars and usually held on with a vegetable based glue. Private Label Bands are those which include personalized wording or logos. These are great ideas for weddings, corporate functions, special events, etc.
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Puro – A Spanish term used to distinguish a cigar from a cigarette. In modern usage, it refers to a cigar blended with tobaccos from a single country. (All Cuban cigars use 100 percent Cuban tobacco, so all Cuban cigars, according to modern usage, are puros.)
Pyramid – A sharply tapered cigar with a wide, open foot and a closed head.
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Ring Gauge – Also referred to as Ring Size, this is a standard industry measurement for the diameter of a cigar, the size of which affects the overall flavor. The fatter the cigar, the more developed and full a cigar will taste. A wider cigar will also burn slower. The measurement is calculated in degrees of 1/64th of an inch. Basically a diameter of 64/64ths (or 1 inch) is called a 64 ring gauge and a diameter of 32/64ths (1/2 inch) is called a 32 ring gauge.
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Robusto – A substantial, but short cigar, traditionally 5 to 5 1/2 inches with a 50 ring gauge.
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Rosado – A Spanish term meaning “rose-colored,” it is used to describe the reddish tint of some Cuban-seed wrappers.
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Seco – The Spanish word for “dry,” seco is a type of filler tobacco that is usually medium-bodied and often contributes aroma.
Seconds – A premium cigar that doesn’t pass quality control and, therefore, does not get banded and boxed. The usual reasons for this include: a spot on the wrapper, an incorrect ring gauge, a wrapper color that doesn’t match uniformly with other cigars in the box or, in rare cases, the wrapper is damaged (usually towards the foot or head). These less expensive cigars are often sold as bundles.
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Shade-grown – Wrapper leaves that have been grown under a cheesecloth tent, called a tapado. The filtered sunlight creates a thinner, more elastic leaf.
Short Filler – Used mainly in machine-made cigars, this filler consists of chopped scraps of tobacco leaves. Short filler burns quicker and hotter than long filler.
Shoulder – The area of a cigar where the cap meets the body. If you cut into the shoulder, the cigar will begin to unravel.
Smoking Time – As the name implies, this term refers to the amount of time it takes to smoke a cigar. A 5-inch cigar with a 50 ring gauge, such as a robusto, should provide anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes of smoking pleasure, while a 7 1/2-inch cigar with a 50 ring gauge, such as a double corona, may give over an hour’s worth of smoking time.
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Special Solution – A solution of 50 percent water and 50 percent propylene glycol. Added to your humidification device every three to six months, its presence will keep water from evaporating beyond 70 percent relative humidity.
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Spill – A strip of cedar used to light a cigar when using a candle or a fluid lighter, both of which can alter the taste of the cigar.
Sugar – Sugars occur naturally in tobacco. Darker wrappers, such as maduros, contain more sugar, therefore making them sweeter.
Sun-grown – Tobacco grown in direct sunlight, producing a thicker leaf with thicker veins.
Tapado – A cheesecloth tent under which shade-grown wrapper leaf is cultivated.
Tercios – The large, palm bark-wrapped bales in which fermented tobacco is shipped to cigar factories.
Tooth – The grain pattern characteristic of a less smooth wrapper leaf, such as leaf from Cameroon.
Torcedores – Cigar rollers.
Torpedo – A cigar shape that features a closed foot, a pointed head and a bulge in the middle.
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Totalamente a Mano – Made totally by hand; a description found on cigar boxes. Much better than “Hecho a Mano” (made by hand, which can mean it is filled with machine-bunched filler), or “Envuelto a Mano” (packed by hand).
Tubos – Cigars packed in individual wood, metal or glass tubes to keep them fresh.
Tunneling – A term which refers to a cigar that is burning unevenly. To prevent tunneling, simply rotate your cigar periodically as you smoke it.
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V-Cut – A cutting method for cigars. The completed cut looks like a V section has been removed from the head of the cigar. The point of the V is the forward end of the blade, and the legs are cutting edges. Much of the head is left intact, and the crescent-shaped trough is apparent at the head of the cigar. This cutter does not work as well on pointed or tapered heads. Because of the structure of the V-cutter, there is little margin for error and a lot of the cap is left in place. The hole is small and could affect the draw and taste of the cigar..
Vega – A tobacco plantation.
Vein – A structural part of a leaf; prominent veins can be a defect in wrappers.
Vintage – When used to describe a cigar, “vintage” usually refers to the year the tobacco was harvested, not the year the cigar was made.
Viso – A glossy wrapper leaf grown under cover.
Vitola – A factory term for a cigar shape (such as Robusto or Corona).
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Vuelta Abajo – The valley in Cuba that many believe produces the best cigar tobacco in the world.
Volado – A type of filler tobacco chosen for its burning qualities.
Wrapper – This high-quality tobacco leaf, wrapped around the finished bunch and binder, is one of the determining factors in the flavor and strength of a cigar. The wrapper can provide as much as 30% of the flavor and, therefore, is very important in the quality and style of a cigar. Althought the leaf can come from anywhere, Brazil, Cameroon, Connecticut, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Honduras and Indonesia are generally considered to be the best. In addition, the wrapper can be cultivated in a variety of conditions including shade-grown and sun-grown. All of these factors affect the color, sugars, flavor and strength of the cigar. Color is the best indicator of the style and strength of your cigar. The four basic color designations are: Candela (Lt. Green); Natural/Claro(Med. Brown) or Cameroon if grown in Africa; EMS, a slightly browner brown known as English Market Se lection; and Maduro, a dark brown.
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Wedge Cut – A V-shaped cut made in the closed end of a cigar.
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