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'''Troya''' is a brand of hand-made premium [[cigar]] owned by [http://www.lignum2.com Lignum-2, Inc.]. The brand was originally a [[Cuba]]n brand, established in 1932, but the Cuban version is now offered only as an all-machine-made brand of only two [[vitola]]s.<ref>[http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/cyclopediahavana/brandindex.php Profile of Cuban Troya] Perelman's Cyclopedia of Havana Cigars (online version).</ref>

==History and Background==
This non-Cuban version of the Troya brand was introduced into the U. S. market in 1985.<ref name="Perelman"/> The original medium-bodied blend was discontinued in 2003 and was replaced with a mild blend in 2004.<ref name="Perelman">Pereleman, Richard B., comp. ''Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars'', 2007 edn. Los Angeles: Perelman, Pioneer & Co., (2006), p. 500.</ref>  The line was further extended in 2004 with the introduction of a full-bodied cigar, the Troya X-Tra.<ref name="Perelman"/>

Early 2007 saw the introduction of the Troya Clasico, a cigar blended and manufactured by [[Pepin Garcia|Don Pepin Garcia]] at [[Pepin Garcia#Tabacalera Cubana|Tabacalera Cubana]] in [[Estelí]], [[Nicaragua]].<ref>Press release, Lignum-2, Inc., March 2007.</ref> Don Pepin had been called upon earlier to aid in the development of the blends for both of the other Troya lines, which were the result of the efforts of several people.<ref name="Irwin">Tom Irwin, Marketing Manager, Lignum-2, Inc. ''In litt.'', 3/23/2007.</ref>

==Troya==
This line is manufactured in the [[Dominican Republic]].

=== Description ===
This line comes in two ranges, one with a [[Cameroon]] wrapper and the other with a [[Connecticut]] wrapper. The Cameroon is a medium-bodied cigar, while the Connecticut is a mild to medium cigar.  The filler and binder in both are Dominican Piloto Cubano and Olor tobaccos. The cigars are presented in boxes of 24.

=== Models/[[Vitola]]s ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''CAMEROON WRAPPER'''
! Frontmark
! Vitola
! Length (in.)
! Ring Gauge
|-
| No. 36
| align="center"|Perfecto
| align="center"|4
| align="center"|50
|-
| No. 72
| align="center"|Mini belicoso
| align="center"|5
| align="center"|52
|-
| No. 81
| align="center"|Belicoso
| align="center"|6.125
| align="center"|52
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''CONNECTICUT WRAPPER'''
! Frontmark
! Vitola
! Length (in.)
! Ring Gauge
|-
| No. 27
| align="center"|Corona
| align="center"|5.5
| align="center"|42
|-
| No. 54
| align="center"|Toro
| align="center"|5.75
| align="center"|48
|-
| No. 45
| align="center"|Cetro
| align="center"|6.25
| align="center"|45
|-
| No. 63
| align="center"|Churchill
| align="center"|7
| align="center"|50
|}

==Troya X-Tra==
Formerly made in [[Estelí]], [[Nicaragua]]<ref name="Perelman"/>, this line is now manufactured in the Dominican Republic at the same factory as the Troya line above.<ref name="Irwin"/>

=== Description ===
Although now made in the Dominican Republic, this line is a Nicaraguan puro. The X-Tra is a medium to full-bodied cigar. The filler is Criollo leaves, and the binder and wrapper are Corojo 99 from the [[Jalapá]] valley of Nicaragua. The cigars are presented in boxes of 24.

=== Models/[[Vitola]]s ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Frontmark
! Vitola
! Length (in.)
! Ring Gauge
|-
| No. 18
| align="center"|Robusto
| align="center"|5
| align="center"|52
|-
| No. 54
| align="center"|Toro
| align="center"|5.75
| align="center"|48
|-
| No. 81
| align="center"|Torpedo
| align="center"|6.125
| align="center"|52
|-
| No. 45
| align="center"|Cetro
| align="center"|6.25
| align="center"|45
|-
| No. 63
| align="center"|Churchill
| align="center"|7
| align="center"|50
|}

==Troya Clasico==
This line was introduced to the U. S. market in January of 2007 as a limited edition release. The cigar was blended by [[Pepin Garcia|Don Pepin Garcia]] and is manufactured at [[Pepin Garcia#Tabacalera Cubana|Tabacalera Cubana]] in Estelí, Nicaragua.

=== Description ===
This full-bodied cigar is a Nicaraguan [[puro]] using tobaccos grown in the Jalapá region of Nicaragua. The wrapper is a Corojo Oscuro and surround a binder and filler of Corojo and Criollo.<ref name="Irwin"/> It is offered in boxes of 20 cigars.

=== Models/[[Vitola]]s ===
[[Image:Troyo Classico.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Troyo Classico (photo by Rufus Shaw)]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Frontmark
! Vitola
! Length (in.)
! Ring Gauge
|-
| XVIII
| align="center"|Robusto
| align="center"|5
| align="center"|54
|-
| LIV
| align="center"|Toro
| align="center"|6
| align="center"|52
|-
| LXIII
| align="center"|Churchill
| align="center"|7
| align="center"|50
|}

== Notes ==
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