Vegueros CentroGordos Announced

While most of the Cuban cigar brands are made in the country’s capital of Havana, Vegueros is a rare brand made in Pinar del Río, best known as Cuba’s premier growing region, located in the western part of the Island.

Habanos S.A. has announced a new cigar for Vegueros called CentroGordos. It measures a 3 15/16 (100mm) x 54, a new vitola for the Cuban cigar world that will also be called CentroGordos within Cuba’s formal vitola naming system. Like other Vegueros, it will come in a 16-count metal tin instead of a wooden box.

CentroGordos will be made at Fábrica de Tabacos Francisco Donatien, a 155-year-old building that has served as a cigar factory for more than 60 years. Habanos S.A. says the Vegueros brand pays tribute to Cuban tobacco growers which helps to explain why the brand is made in Pinar del Río.

Pricing and release date has not been announced. Given how it was announced, this is expected to be a regular production cigar.

Brooks Whittington contributed to this story.

This story is part of halfwheel’s coverage of the Festival del Habano XXIII, the 2023 edition of Cuba’s annual cigar festival. For more coverage of the festival, click here.