Differences in vitolas?

wwhwang
wwhwang Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,863
in Cigar 101
Hey, guys. What do you think about different types of vitolas? A lot of people love and hate the same shape and size cigars for some reason. Are there really any significant differences in these?

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  • docbp87
    docbp87 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,521
    It depends. Some manufacturers alter blends to maintain a consistency throught the entire line, regardless of the vitola, and others just allow the changes to occur that will occur with varying amounts of tobacco/sizes. Personally I like when the blend is not altered, so that different vitolas have different tastes.
  • jship079
    jship079 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 621
    I like smaller ring gauges 44 to 48 like lonadale or the classic corona you get alot more flavor from the wrapper and smoke a little quicker the down side is they tend to burn hot so they take some getting use to
  • kuzi16
    kuzi16 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 14,471



    have you read my blending 101 thread?




    top of the second page has what you are looking for.
  • xmacro
    xmacro Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,402
    First time a vitola ever was really noticeable to me was when I smoked a MOW Virtue lonsdale followed by a churchill - quite a bit of difference in the intensity of the flavors. I love the churchill vitola, but the lonsdale is just too much for me; others feel the lonsdale is great and the churchill is the one that needs work. Go figure

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