Quai d'Orsay (cigar)
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Quai d'Orsay is a premium
History
The Quai d'Orsay brand was created by
Quai d'Orsay was apparently outside of the umbrella of Habanos SA for a number of years and was managed directly by Cubatabaco and SEITA, but judging by packaging, Habanos SA documents, and SEITA's merger with Tabacalera into the multi-national tobacco company of Altadis, it appears Quai d'Orsay is a part of Habanos SA like all other Cuban-made brands of cigars.
Another oddity of the Quai d'Orsay line are its Corona cigars. Up until the late 1980s, Quai d'Orsay still manufactured its Coronas in two different wrapper shades: Claro and Claro Claro. As the fashion for lighter wrappers diminished (and supposedly as consumers noticed they were paying more for essentially the same cigar with the wrapper making a very minor difference) production eventually ceased of the Coronas Claro Claro. Though the box still says Coronas on it, the official production name is still Coronas Claro.
Vitolas in the Quai d'Orsay Line
The following list of vitolas de salida (commercial vitolas) within the Quai d'Orsay marque lists their size and ring gauge in Imperial (and Metric), their vitolas de galera (factory vitolas), and their common name in American cigar slang.
Hand-Made Vitolas
- Corona Claro - 5 5/8" x 42 (143 x 16.67 mm), Corona, a corona
- Imperial - 7" x 47 (178 x 18.65 mm), Julieta No. 2, a churchill
- Panetela - 7" x 33 (178 x 13.10 mm), Ninfa, a slim panetela
- Hermosos No.2 - 6 1/8" x 48 (157 x 19.05 mm) Senadores [2019 Limited Edition]
See also
- Cigar brands
References
- Nee, Min Ron. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars (2003, Reprinted: 2005), ISBN 3-9809308-2-3