Known to most people simply as LGC, and celebrated well beyond what its price suggests. The brand has been quietly excellent for decades.
Available in natural and maduro across classical shapes — the Glorias en Cedro comes wrapped in cedar sheets, which is a detail almost nobody bothers with any more. Dry, woody and savoury.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Colorado shade or Connecticut Broadleaf maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan long-filler
Strength: Medium to full
Sizes: Glorias En Cedro (6.7" x 48) - Natural Box of 14, Wavell (5.0" x 50) - Maduro Box of 25, Wavell (5.0" x 50) - Natural Box of 25, Petite (4.3" x 32) [10/10] - Natural Pack of 100, Gloria (5.5" x 43) - Natural Box of 25, Glorias Extra Natural (6.2" x 46) Box of 25, Glorias Extra (6.2" x 46) - Maduro Box of 25, Corona Gorda (6.0" x 52) - Natural Box of 25, Churchill (7.0" x 50) - Maduro Box of 25, Corona Gorda (6.0" x 52) - Maduro Box of 25, Churchill (7.0" x 50) - Natural Box of 25, Hermoso (4.5" x 48) - Natural Box of 30, Double Corona (7.7" x 49) - Maduro Box of 25, Double Corona (7.7" x 49) - Natural Box of 25, Soberano (8.0" x 52) - Natural Box of 25, Soberano (8.0" x 52) - Maduro Box of 25, Charlemagne (7.3" x 54) - Natural Box of 25, Charlemagne (7.3" x 54) - Maduro Box of 25, Torpedo No. 1 (6.2" x 54) - Natural Box of 25
The cedar-wrapped Glorias en Cedro is worth buying for the ritual alone.