Massive New La Gloria Cubana Arrives At Retail
A brand known for thick cigars just got thicker. The La Gloria Cubana Serie R line now has a new mammoth size that measures 7 inches long with a 70 ring gauge, the largest cigar in the series. Called the Serie R No. 8, these huge smokes come in 15-count boxes and retail for $11.99 each.
The cigars began shipping this month, and have just arrived in shops around the United States.
When the La Gloria Cubana Serie R brand was created in 1997 by then-owner Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, it was dedicated to thicker ring gauges before the thick cigar trend took root. After La Gloria Cubana was sold to General Cigar Co., the brand continued down that path, following up with the Serie R No. 6, at 6 by 60, and the Serie R No. 7 at 7 by 58.
Today, the Serie R No. 8 takes fat La Glorias to the next level. Like the rest of the line, these behemoths are made in the Dominican Republic at the General Cigar Dominicana factory and consist of an Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and filler of tobacco from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
The La Gloria Cubana Serie R brand is distributed by Forged Cigar Co., a subsidiary of European corporate giant Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
To see a timeline of fat cigars, from 1987 to 2021, click here.
