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Troya is a U. S. brand of handmade premium cigar originally owned by Lignum-2, Inc. The brand in an old Cuban brand, established in 1932, but the Cuban version is now offered only as an all-machine-made brand of but two vitolas.〔(Profile of Cuban Troya ) Perelman's Cyclopedia of Havana Cigars (online version).〕 ==History and Background== This non-Cuban version of the Troya brand was introduced into the U. S. market in 1985.〔 The original medium-bodied blend was discontinued in 2003 and was replaced with a mild blend in 2004.〔Pereleman, Richard B., comp. ''Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars'', 2007 edn. Los Angeles: Perelman, Pioneer & Co., (2006), p. 500.〕 The line was further extended in 2004 with the introduction of a full-bodied cigar, the Troya X-Tra.〔 Early 2007 saw the introduction of the Troya Clasico, a cigar blended and manufactured by Don Pepin Garcia at Tabacalera Cubana in Estelí, Nicaragua.〔Press release, Lignum-2, Inc., March 2007.〕 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.〔Tom Irwin, Marketing Manager, Lignum-2, Inc. ''In litt.'', 3/23/2007.〕 In mid-2008, the U. S. owner of the brand, Lignum2, Inc., was sold to Imperial Tobacco PLC, the world's fourth largest tobacco company,〔(Imperial Tobacco Acquires Lignum-2 ) ''Cigar Aficionado'' magazine, on-line edn., 11 June 2008.〕 which also owns Altadis, USA. Troya cigars are now manufactured in the facilities of Altadis. This line is manufactured in the Dominican Republic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Troya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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