The Best Vitola

[PigFish]

Coronas! Only cigar a man needs (MHO).

To expand a bit, 42 ring is just magic. The #1, the #3, the #4… Balance, size, draw, heft in hand, comfort, girth to draw, elegant to smoke. Life begins and ends with the 42 ring cigar!

The coronas is the perfect cigar. Too bad so few people realize it! Too much bread ruins a good sandwich. Too much filler ruins a perfect cigar the same way…

-Piggy

[Skyfall]

I'm in the Corona & Lonsdale gang!

[RijkdeGooier]

I have yet to try very many Churchill or DC. The lone Churchill I have smoked was a Punch, and the DC was a Lusi. I have boxes of Sir Winnie and BCG ordered so I will report back on that. I also have a box of PGR but I won't be testing those out anytime soon.

This may be hearsay, but between the Cohiba Sublime, Montrcisto Sublime, Both French RE and LCDH Bolivar, the VR canada, ED54(what I think is the best version), and the Punch. The sublime has to be up there as well. I am usually not a fan of 50+ ring gauges, but I love sublimes.

I can understand your Sublimes taste as it is a special vitola, only used for EL/RE. Some of the better EL are Sublime sized, Cohiba 2004, Monte 2008 come to mind.

Regarding the DC, Chuchill and the skinnies they need to be aged to bring out their full potential - 5 year minimum, with more better. H.Upmann and Cohiba need a lot more, say 8 years to start shining.

Traditionally those sizes were rolled by the most experienced torcedores and received the better tobacco. Their size also gave them room for development in both aging and smoking.

Re the corona's I find them pleasant but lacking the depth of the larger vitola's.

[sheppsea]

I really enjoy all sorts of vitola and the variety is what keeps it interesting, but I suppose Robustos are the ones I enjoy most, its also the final stage before I find ring gauges start to get too thick!

[markmurase]

A vote here for the Double Corona. They are a lot smaller production than some other vitolas. I think they are probably done by more experienced rollers. I believe this makes them more consistent in quality than other vitolas - perhaps

[Arazk9]

Robusto

Party D4 & HDM Epi2 being my favourites so far

[LeafLover]

Love them all

Least lived is the minuto

[Lant63]

Robusto

Party D4 & HDM Epi2 being my favourites so far

I just can't support the Robusto. I feel like there are better representation within each marca witha few exceptions. FOr instance every single day I would choose a RA Superiores over a RASS(i do enjoy them though), an Epi 1 over an EPi 2 and and party shorts over a psd4. I do enjoy the VR Famosos though which is actually a hermosos no 4, and the PL Robusto Asia. The PL Robusto is probably the most accessible larger format PL, but I still hate the size. I feel like a 50 ring gauge cigar needs more length than what a robusto has to offer.

[mikek]

While this is an opinion based thread, the question is not, " What is your favorite vitola?" It is, "What is the best vitola that Cuba produces?" Across every single marca bar none, including every single special production produced, and even including discontinued cigars, what is the size that cuba does best? If you could even rank your top two-ish vitolas including what you think the best cigars in that size are that would be pretty cool too. I will go first.

I think the Corona Gorda is the best Cuba has to offer:

SS no 2

Punch Punch

Ramon Allones Superiores

Siglo 4

Mag 46

Ep 1

With a close second to the laguito no 2 format

Bolivar RE Germany 2009 (just picked up a new box)

Trinidad Fundadores

CoLa

Monte Especiales

(Yet to have a partagas SdC but I will grab some eventually.)

Distantish third goes to minutos:

Party Short

San Christobal EL Principe

Ramon Allones SCC

Oddly enough my favorite Marca Por Larranaga did not make the list at all.... Armenia go make a RE Corona Gorda! Or, i guess the hermoso no 4 LCDH will have to do.

Let the arguing begin.....

I'm down with that carona gorda list! Except the Superior never had one!

[madmarvcr]

Hermosos No. 4 - never had a bad one, just wished more brands had this size, looking forward to PL's edition

A close 2nd - Marvesas I think every brand should have this size

[madmarvcr]

Ugh I can't spell - Marevas

[madmarvcr]

Ugh I can't spell - Marevas

[Edu]

Im agree that the corona gorda is the best vitola, or at least the most consistent. Looking at reviews, statistics and personal opinion, the corona gorda brother of almost all brands are higher rated than the robustos (jln1 vs jln2, hdmep1 vs hdmep2, etc).

The other favorite, at leasts for me, is the minutos (or all petit corona like). I can think about trinidad reyes, party shorts, rascc, etc, all very cosnsistent and really tasty sticks.

[egoo33]

For me its got to be a robusto perfect length and not too thick not too thin for me

[Andrew11]

I say the DC, because I think Cuba is the only one who can do it properly. Have never had a NC DC that could keep me entertained throughout the whole stick. Cuba seems to do what no one else can with a DC.

My personal fav is the Lonsdale, just perfect IMO.

[Habana Mike]

For me the best/most ejoyable vitolas fall in the 38 to 46 ring gauge between 110-190mm

I smoke a very wide variety encompassing the smallest to largest RG and length but if was forced to only select one it would be the dalias/cervantes.

[joeypots]

As others have said, no one does the DC like Cuba.

[JohnS]

I've revived this thread because I've been thinking about my favourite vitola size for a few weeks now. I concur with Ray about 42 ring coronas and I've enjoyed lonsdale cigars too. However, as Habanos has favoured larger ring gauges in their latest releases I find I have been turning to 50 ring gauge cigars lately...just have to smoke them slower!

[santela]

I'm gonna say the Pyramids. The five current productions are all superb (although I can't get behind the HU2, but it's got its own followings).

Corona Gordas and Robustos also come to mind.

[earthson]

Cuba does the petit corona best. All marcas might not work in that format, but it's my bread n butter.

Definitely have to give a shout out to the minutos as well. Ill smoke 2 partagas shorts back to back over a 898 any day!

[terrantheman]

Old Partagas lonsdales in cabs are probably the best cigars imho Cuba ever produced! I've never had a bad one, impossible. I'm talking 70'80's & mid 90's.

[Maplepie]

I've revived this thread because I've been thinking about my favourite vitola size for a few weeks now. I concur with Ray about 42 ring coronas and I've enjoyed lonsdale cigars too. However, as Habanos has favoured larger ring gauges in their latest releases I find I have been turning to 50 ring gauge cigars lately...just have to smoke them slower!

Of all the thread revivals in the past little bit, I'm glad this one was chosen, John

[madmarvcr]

+1 Pyramids, as a collective can't beat Monty 2, HU 2, VR Unicos, PSP 2, Dip 2

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[ck475]

I have yet to have a Cuban corona Gorda but have really enjoyed that size in the past.

[CatchNRelease]

I like the robusto myself, that's my main smoke...still trying a bunch of other vitolas though