Nacionales “W”

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Nacionales W is a brand of hand-made premium cigar owned by Cigar King, Inc..

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[edit] History and Background

The brand was created by José "Pepin" Garcia and is manufactured at the El Rey de los Habanos factory in the Little Havana section of Miami, Florida. Pepin designed the blend to mimic the cigars that he and his fellow rollers in Cuba smoked in the factories there.[1]

[edit] Description

Band for Nacionales WScan by R. L. Hardesty
Band for Nacionales W
Scan by R. L. Hardesty

This brand uses a blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos for the filler, and the binder is also a Nicaraguan leaf. The wrapper is an oily, brown Corojo '99. It is a medium bodied cigar. The band is a simple gold band with black lettering. It comes packed in boxes of 25.

[edit] Models/Vitolas

National W (photo by Rufus Shaw
National W (photo by Rufus Shaw
Model Name Vitola Length (in.) Ring Gauge
Churchill Churchill 7 48
Toro toro 6 50
Torpedo figurado 6 52
El Mundo robusto largo 5.5 52
Corona corona 5.5 44
Robusto robusto 5 50

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Catalogue blurb