Hadn't really thought about it, I guess I just assumed they decided to make up a new name for there Robusto. I'm sure someone will know why and let us know
Based on my research, the cigar is named for the famed British Field Marshall, Sir Archibald Percival Wavell. But I also asked Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, who created the La Gloria Wavells, and now manufactures his cigars under the E.P. Carrillo Cigars imprint...
[Carrillo] “As far as I know, the cigar was named after the British General. The first time I heard it was Dos Gonzalez Cigars n the early 1980s. Efraim Gonzalez, who owned Dos Gonzalez used the Wavell name..."
Maybe you had seen this and wanted more? Or I stumbled across what you were looking for. I didn't look into who exactly this is or why he'd have a cigar vitola named after him.
Thanks, Gray. Yeah, I learned of Sir Archibald but didn't turn up the bit about Dos Gonzalez naming a cigar after him. I appreciate your help, kind sir.... ??
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Sure. I smoked an E.P. Carillo Wavell this evening. I liked it better than the La Gloria Cubana Wavell I had last week.
How's that? ??
Based on my research, the cigar is named for the famed British Field Marshall, Sir Archibald Percival Wavell. But I also asked Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, who created the La Gloria Wavells, and now manufactures his cigars under the E.P. Carrillo Cigars imprint...
[Carrillo] “As far as I know, the cigar was named after the British General. The first time I heard it was Dos Gonzalez Cigars n the early 1980s. Efraim Gonzalez, who owned Dos Gonzalez used the Wavell name..."
Maybe you had seen this and wanted more? Or I stumbled across what you were looking for. I didn't look into who exactly this is or why he'd have a cigar vitola named after him.