San Cristobal El Principe – 1’s

Length: 4 3/8″
Ring Gauge: 42
Strength: Light to Medium
Packaging: 1 Single Cigar

Vitola: Minutos
Smoking Time: 30 Minutes
Other Cigars in this Vitola:
Ramon Allones Small Club Corona
Bolivar Coronas J
Partagas Shorts

San Cristobal de la Habana was the original name of Havana, Cuba’s capital city when it was founded in 1519; San Cristobal (St Christopher) in honour of the Saint of the day where the city was founded, and La Habana after an Indian name for the site.

San Cristobal de la Habana cigars were introduced in 1999 on the threshold of the new Millennium as a tribute to the city’s long history.

At first, the range comprised just four vitolas, each names after one of the fortresses built from the 16th to the 18th Centuries that defended Havana when it was the hub of Spain’s American empire. These are: El Morro, La Fuerza, La Punta and El Principe.

An ideal pre-dinner smoke. Brief, not too heavy, with a nice even burn.

86 / 100

“…Though attractively pressed with an oily wrapper and three-seam cap, the draw of this little cigar is notably firm. Wood and leathery notes turn sharp and perfumey…”