Definitions of 'puros' and 'vitola'?

[krisko]

I think 'vitola' means a cigar made with tobaccos from the same area. For instance a cuban cigar would be a vitola...am I right? What exactly is a 'puro'?

[Corona Gigante]

Originally Posted by krisko

I think 'vitola' means a cigar made with tobaccos from the same area. For instance a cuban cigar would be a vitola...am I right? What exactly is a 'puro'?

A puro is a cigar whose wrapper, binder, and filler leaf all come from the same country.

A vitola is a shape, for instance robusto, torpedo, etc.

[monsoon]

Lets see how badly I crucify this .... someone correct me if I am wrong, but ...

Puros = all the tobacco in the cigar is from one region. ie: Dominican Puros would mean that all the 'baccy used in the manufacture is from the Dominican.

Vitola = the size and shape of a cigar. ie: Robusto, perfecto and churchill are all vitolas.

There's probably something I am missing .. and I hope someone will point that out if so.

[brownbuffalo]

As a native Spanish speaker, I have never known a definition more detailed for "puro," than simply "cigar." I'm not disagreeing with the other folks, I had just never heard specifics. For example, cigarette is "cigarro," while cigar is "puro." Just my

[Budprince]

Originally Posted by monsoon

Lets see how badly I crucify this .... someone correct me if I am wrong, but ...

Puros = all the tobacco in the cigar is from one region. ie: Dominican Puros would mean that all the 'baccy used in the manufacture is from the Dominican.

Vitola = the size and shape of a cigar. ie: Robusto, perfecto and churchill are all vitolas.

There's probably something I am missing .. and I hope someone will point that out if so.

I've read and heard the same things.

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by brownbuffalo

As a native Spanish speaker, I have never known a definition more detailed for "puro," than simply "cigar." I'm not disagreeing with the other folks, I had just never heard specifics. For example, cigarette is "cigarro," while cigar is "puro." Just my

Well ... that may be true; but in the cigar industry, the terms are jargon with definitions as provided by CG and monsoon, above.

[croatan]

Originally Posted by brownbuffalo

As a native Spanish speaker, I have never known a definition more detailed for "puro," than simply "cigar." I'm not disagreeing with the other folks, I had just never heard specifics. For example, cigarette is "cigarro," while cigar is "puro." Just my

That's true. And Cuban cigars can be more particularly described "puros Habanos".

[SmokeyJoe]

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[Addiction]

I was just thinking about this last night, thanks for the insightful post.

[brownbuffalo]

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

And once again the pursuit of truth is satisfied by the collected wisdom of the compendium of knowledge that is Club Stogie! Man, I LOVE this place...

And how!

[yourchoice]

I've noticed vitola used more specifically with Cubans, whereas non Cubans are often referred to as "size". Is this just something I'm imagining, or is there something to it?

[Glacierman]

Originally Posted by yourchoice

I've noticed vitola used more specifically with Cubans, whereas non Cubans are often referred to as "size". Is this just something I'm imagining, or is there something to it?

Yes, indeed. The vitola names are used to designate certain standard sizes. For example, the vitola named "Julieta" is 7 x 48. Outside of Cuba, we have "sizes", and a Julieta is a Churchill in NC jargon, and the term "vitola" is often used to simply mean "cigar."

But, the term "Churchill" applies to cigars w/in a range (as do robusto, toro, etc.) and not to one, single, specific size. Thus, 7 x48 and 7 x 50 are both Churchills.

Then you have the term "frontmark" which is the manufacturer's name, i. e., the Don Pepin Black 1977 (the frontmark) is a lancero (shape/vitola) although some call a lancero a corona especiale.

Hope this helps and I rely on others more knowledgeable to correct if/where I might be wrong.


Cheers!

[jloutlaw]

Originally Posted by brownbuffalo

As a native Spanish speaker, I have never known a definition more detailed for "puro," than simply "cigar." I'm not disagreeing with the other folks, I had just never heard specifics. For example, cigarette is "cigarro," while cigar is "puro." Just my

I don't speak Spanish, but while in Guatemala in February if you wanted a cigar you asked for a puro.

Puro means tobacco from one region or country on the forums and cigar descriptions.

[cricky101]

Originally Posted by krisko

I think 'vitola' means a cigar made with tobaccos from the same area. For instance a cuban cigar would be a vitola...am I right? What exactly is a 'puro'?

Be sure to check out the CS glossary too. There are definitions for a lot of words associated with cigar jargon, and some of the acronyms, too. There's a link to it on the yellow bar across the top of the page.

[Glacierman]

Originally Posted by jloutlaw

I don't speak Spanish, but while in Guatemala in February if you wanted a cigar you asked for a puro.

Puro means tobacco from one region or country on the forums and cigar descriptions.

Puro has many meanings, depending on how it is used. In common parlance (everyday usage) in Spanish-speaking countries, a cigar is called a puro. However, it has a technical meaning within the cigar industry, where it specifically means a cigar made from tobacco from a single country, thereby a "pure" cigar (puro is Spanish for pure). Since in most Latin American countries, cigars made for local consumption are made with locally grown leaf and not imported tobacco, they are automatically a puro and the term thereby has come to mean simply "cigar" in those areas. The more technical application is found w/in the export cigar business.

DPG cigars are Nicaraguan puros (uses all Nica tobacco). He does use some other stuff on occasion, but those are on cigars he makes for others, not his own.