3. CIGAR SIZE & SHAPE GUIDE

 

Cigar sizes are measured by:

Length (in inches)

Ring Gauge (diameter in 64ths of an inch)

3.1 Common Shapes (Vitolas)

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Petit Corona 4.5"40–42Quick smoke, elegant

Corona 5.25"42 Classic size, balanced

Robusto 5"50Popular, full flavor

Toro 6"50–52Slightly longer smoke

Churchill 7"47Long and slow burn

Lancero 7.5"38–40Thin, flavor-concentrated

Belicoso 5.5"50 Tapered head, elegant draw

Torpedo 6.5"52–54Sharp taper, controlled burn

Gordo 6"60+Thick, long burn

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 Fun Fact: Larger ring gauges generally burn cooler and slower, allowing for a longer smoking time and fuller development of flavors. Smaller ring gauges can also burn for a longer period of time, but offers a different smoking experience. They can burn hotter if smoked at a faster pace, but if smoked correctly, offer the most amount of flavor. This is because the majority of the flavor comes from the wrapper leaf, and with a smaller ring gauge, the wrapper-to-filler leaf ratio changes in favor to allow more of the wrapper leaf flavors to be more pronounced. Often times when cigar blenders are making new cigars, they are blending for smaller ring gauges (robustos, toros, coronas, etc.)