Partagas Lusitanias Cuban cigar is among the oldest prevailing brands of cigars, recognized in Havana in 1845. The name is used today by two self-governing and competing entities, one formed on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company; and, the other, containing no Cuban tobacco, is formed in the Dominican Republic for the General Cigar Company. It is a junior of Swedish Match. This brand is named for its creator, Don Jaime Partagas, who began trading cigars in 1827, but he began to put his own name on his line of cigars in 1845. After his death, the brand agreed to Ramon Cifuentes in 1889 and was owned by Cifuentes y Cia. Partagas Coronas cigars also won gold medals in at least three international shows between 1867 and 1884. There is no doubt about the robust, intense flavor of this line, and it is still created in the Partagas factory which renamed Fernando Perez after nationalization. The range is enormous and it would be hard for a smoker not to find a Partagas which fits his or her attention in size or shape. They vary greatly in size and strength.