Don Jaime Partagas began manufacturing cigars in 1827 and, subsequently, established
this brand in 1845. After he died, the brand passed to Ramon Cifuentes in
1889, owned prior to nationalisation by Cifuentes y Cia. Evelyn
Waugh mentioned this cigar in Brideshead Revisited and Partagas won gold medals in at least three international exhibitions between
1867 and 1884. They are still manufactured in the Partagas factory, renamed
Fernando Perez after nationalisation.
Partagas
cigars are robust, strong, well balanced and rich. They are unusually intense
and really quite commanding. The best quality are, undoubtedly, the larger of
the range. These cigars improve greatly with aging.
