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Altadis began manufacturing of a new
Gispert cigar in Honduras in 2003 to reintroduce the historic Cuban brand. It is made in two versions at the La Flor de Copan Cigar Factory in Honduras, with either an Ecuador-grown Connecticut-seed wrapper or a maduro wrapper from San Andrés, Mexico, and a blend
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Simón Veja Peláez began producing the Cuban
Gispert cigar in the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba in 1940, using tobacco from the Vuelta Arriba. Initially, all vitolas (sizes) were handcrafted. Gispert cigars have generally been light-bodied and low in strength when compared to most Cuban brands.
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Habanos S.A.'s total cigar exports, and only one vitola remained in production, the Habaneros No. 2. Habanos S.A. withdrew the Gispert brand entirely in 2005.
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