Bijan Posted January 6, 2021 Posted January 6, 2021 This is a look at the 46+ RG cigars that have been discontinued over the years. Note once again I have done no filtering, so sometime a cigar will be discontinued and then released as a slightly different release, either different size or handmade vs machine made. 74 deletions as follows: Interestingly enough one was "discontinued" before the 60s and one during the 60s (2 deletions): Cigar Name Vitola de Salida Factory Name Vitola de Galera Size Ring x mm Shape Common Name Image Relative Scale Hoyo de Monterrey - Global Brand Maravillas pre-1960 - Discontinued pre-1960s Maravillas 55 x 230 (9″) Giant Robusto Romeo y Julieta - Global Brand Fabulosos (1) pre-1960 - Discontinued early to mid-1960s Unknown 47 x 190 (7½″) Double Corona For the 1970s we have (19 deletions): Cigar Name Vitola de Salida Factory Name Vitola de Galera Size Ring x mm Shape Common Name Image Relative Scale Bolívar - Value Brand Coronas Grandes pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 46 x 162 (6⅜″) Grand Corona Prince Charles pre-1960 - Discontinued 1973 Robustos 50 x 124 (4⅞″) Robusto Cifuentes - Discontinued Brand Super Estupendos proposed1975s - Discontinued 1975s Gran Corona 47 x 235 (9¼″) Giant Corona Hoyo de Monterrey - Global Brand Obsequios pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Británicas 46 x 137 (5⅜″) Perfecto La Gloria Cubana - Other Brand Glorias pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 46 x 162 (6⅜″) Grand Corona Partagás - Global Brand Fabulosos pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970 Gran Coronas Partagás Largas 50 x 237 (9⅜″) Giant Perfecto Por Larrañaga - Other Brand Magnums pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 50 x 172 (6¾″) Double Robusto Punch - Value Brand Club Selection No.1 pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Rafael González - Other Brand Conicales pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Pirámides 52 x 156 (6⅛″) Pyramid Ramón Allones - Value Brand Allones Specially Selected (1) c1930s - Discontinued 1972 Unknown 48 x 130 (5⅛″) Corona Extra Gigantes (1) pre-1960 - Discontinued 1976 Nro.109 50 x 184 (7¼″) Double Robusto Romeo y Julieta - Global Brand Aguilas pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Aguilas 50 x 143 (5⅝″) Perfecto Bully pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 48 x 127 (5″) Corona Extra Romeos pre-1960 - Discontinued late-1970s Romeo 52 x 162 (6⅜″) Perfecto Saint Luis Rey - Other Brand Coronas Inmensas pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 48 x 167 (6⅝″) Grand Corona Pyramides No.1 pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 52 x 156 (6⅛″) Pyramid Serie B pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 48 x 157 (6⅛″) Grand Corona Sancho Panza - Other Brand Cabinet Petit Royals pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Unknown 46 x 118 (4⅝″) Corona Extra Dulcineas pre-1960 - Discontinued 1970s Manolin 47 x 232 (9⅛″) Giant Perfecto For the 1980s (12 deletions): Cigar Name Vitola de Salida Factory Name Vitola de Galera Size Ring x mm Shape Common Name Image Relative Scale Cifuentes - Discontinued Brand Altezas Reales pre-1960 - Discontinued pre-1980 Salomón 57 x 184 (7¼″) Double Perfecto Hoyo de Monterrey - Global Brand Concorde pre-1960 - Discontinued 1980s Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Lusitanias pre-1960 - Discontinued 1980s Unknown 50 x 184 (7¼″) Double Robusto Monterrey pre-1960 - Discontinued 1980 Diademas 55 x 233 (9⅛″) Giant Perfecto Particulares 1980 - Discontinued 1987 Gran Corona 47 x 235 (9¼″) Giant Corona La Escepción - Discontinued Brand Gran Gener pre-1960 - Discontinued 1980 Diademas 55 x 233 (9⅛″) Giant Perfecto Punch - Value Brand Diademas Extra (1) pre-1960 - Discontinued 1980 Diademas 55 x 233 (9⅛″) Giant Perfecto Diademas Extra (2) 1980 - Discontinued c1988 Gran Corona 47 x 235 (9¼″) Giant Corona Nectares No.2 pre-1960 - Discontinued 1980s Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Seleccion de Luxe No.1 pre-1960 - Discontinued 1980s Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Romeo y Julieta - Global Brand Clemenceaus pre-1960 - Discontinued c1980s Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Fabulosos (2) c1985 - Discontinued c1988 Gran Corona 47 x 235 (9¼″) Giant Corona For the 1990s (9 deletions): Cigar Name Vitola de Salida Factory Name Vitola de Galera Size Ring x mm Shape Common Name Image Relative Scale Davidoff - Discontinued Brand 5000 1970s - Discontinued 1991 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Dom Perignon 1977 - Discontinued 1991 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Dunhill - Discontinued Brand Cabinetta 1982 - Discontinued 1991 Robustos 50 x 124 (4⅞″) Robusto Estupendos 1982 - Discontinued 1991 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Havana Club 1982 - Discontinued 1991 Gran Corona 47 x 235 (9¼″) Giant Corona La Flor de Cano - Other Brand Diademas 1987 - Discontinued 1992 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Gran Coronas 1987 - Discontinued 1992 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Short Churchill 1987 - Discontinued 1992 Robustos 50 x 124 (4⅞″) Robusto Saint Luis Rey - Other Brand Prominente 1988 - Discontinued 1998 Prominentes 49 x 194 (7⅝″) Double Corona For the first decade of the new millenium (2000-2009) (16 deletions): Cigar Name Vitola de Salida Factory Name Vitola de Galera Size Ring x mm Shape Common Name Image Relative Scale Bolívar - Value Brand Churchills pre-1960 - Discontinued 2002 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill El Rey del Mundo - Other Brand Gran Coronas pre-1960 - Discontinued 2002 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Taínos pre-1960 - Discontinued 2006 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill H. Upmann - Global Brand Monarcas pre-1960 - Discontinued 2009 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Super Coronas pre-1960 - Discontinued 2002 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Partagás - Global Brand Churchill de Luxe pre-1960 - Discontinued 2006 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Punch - Value Brand Black Prince pre-1960 - Discontinued 2002 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Monarcas pre-1960 - Discontinued 2002 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Super Selection No.2 pre-1960 - Discontinued 2002 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Romeo y Julieta - Global Brand Celestiales Finos pre-1960 - Discontinued 2002 Británicas 46 x 137 (5⅜″) Perfecto Piramides late-2000 - Discontinued 2003 Pirámides 52 x 156 (6⅛″) Pyramid Prince of Wales early-1970s - Discontinued c2002 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill San Luis Rey - Discontinued Brand Churchills 1980s - Discontinued 2000 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Double Coronas 1980s - Discontinued 2000 Prominentes 49 x 194 (7⅝″) Double Corona Sancho Panza - Other Brand Coronas Gigantes pre-1960 - Discontinued 2006 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Sanchos pre-1960 - Discontinued 2006 Gran Corona 47 x 235 (9¼″) Giant Corona For the second decade (2010-2019) (16 deletions): Cigar Name Vitola de Salida Factory Name Vitola de Galera Size Ring x mm Shape Common Name Image Relative Scale Bolívar - Value Brand Coronas Gigantes pre-1960 - Discontinued 2017 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Cuaba - Other Brand Diadema 2003 - Discontinued 2013 Diademas 55 x 233 (9⅛″) Giant Perfecto Hoyo de Monterrey - Global Brand Churchills pre-1960 - Discontinued 2012 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill La Gloria Cubana - Other Brand Taínos pre-1960 - Discontinued 2012 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Punch - Value Brand Churchills pre-1960 - Discontinued 2010 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Royal Selection No.11 pre-1960 - Discontinued 2010 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Quai d'Orsay - Other Brand Imperiales 1974 - Discontinued 2015 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Rafael González - Other Brand Coronas Extra pre-1960 - Discontinued 2010 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Romeo y Julieta - Global Brand Exhibicion No.3 mid-1980s - Discontinued 2013 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona Saint Luis Rey - Other Brand Churchills pre-1960 - Discontinued 2010 Julieta No.2 47 x 178 (7″) Churchill Double Coronas 2001 - Discontinued 2013 Prominentes 49 x 194 (7⅝″) Double Corona Serie A pre-1960 - Discontinued 2014 Coronas Gordas 46 x 143 (5⅝″) Grand Corona San Cristóbal de la Habana - Other Brand El Morro 1999 - Discontinued 2013 Pacos 49 x 180 (7⅛″) Double Corona Trinidad - Value Brand Robustos Extra 2004 - Discontinued 2012 Dobles (T) 50 x 155 (6⅛″) Robusto Extra Robustos T 2009 - Discontinued 2012 Del Valle 50 x 124 (4⅞″) Robusto Vegas Robaina - Other Brand Don Alejandro 1997 - Discontinued 2017 Prominentes 49 x 194 (7⅝″) Double Corona It is interesting to note looking back that from 2000-2009, there were 15 new vitolas in the 46+ categories vs 16 deletions, making it almost equal. In the next decade 2010-2019 there were 34 new releases and 16 deletions, making this category grow! We can compare this to the skinnies and medium gauge cigars and see that likely at no point did those categories grow, but saw a steady shrink over time. 1
Bijan Posted January 6, 2021 Author Posted January 6, 2021 Just as a recap the 2010-2019 decade saw: 1 new skinny release (the RyJ Julieta in 2010). vs. 14 deletions. 5 new medium gauge releases: The H. Upmann Half Corona in 2011. The RG Perlas in 2012. The Monte Media Corona in 2015. And the RyJ Club Kings and Partagas Capitals in 2015 and 2017 respectively. vs. 30 deletions 34 new 46+ thick gauge releases: The Cohiba Behike 52, 54, 56, the Cohiba Pirámides Extra and Medio Siglo, the H. Upmann Mag 54, the Hoyo San Juan and Rio Seco, the Monte Double Edmundo, and Petit No. 2, as well as the Monte 1935 series Dumas, Leyenda, Maltes, the Partaga Maduro 1, 2, 3, as well as the PSD5, PSD6 and PSE2, the Punch Short de Punch, Quai D'Orsay 50 and 54, RyJ Petit Churchills and Wide Churchills as well as Petit Royales the Trinidad Vigia, Topes, Media Luna and Esmeralda, and one new Quintero and 4 new Vegueros in the value brands. vs. 16 deletions. So the thick gauge cigars are growing and the thin and medium gauge ones are still declining. It will be interesting to see if we ever hit a point where there are so few skinny and medium cigars that the hemorrhaging will stop. 2
Shrimpchips Posted January 6, 2021 Posted January 6, 2021 Great analysis! Fun to scroll through all the different discontinued vitolas, as an evolution of the Cuban cigar industry and global tastes.
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