La Gloria Cubana Medaille d’Or No.4 / Box of 25

A charming anachronism in today’s thicker cigar world, the Médaille d’Or No 4 from La Gloria Cubana, is an attractive slender stick offering some unique sweet taste notes amidst its tight draw, this 2013 aged-in-Cuba ‘añejados’ edition offering a particularly rich final third of flavour.

This cigar – ‘Cuban Glory Gold Medal No 4’ in English – is one of the last of a disappearing breed, the premium hand-made long slender panetela. One might categorise panetelas into two groups, the more substantial ones in 34 to 39 ring gauges, and the now-rarer ones like this here, the 33-ring-gauge-or-less ‘slenderellas’