Cuban cigar
H. Upmann Half Corona
A compact H. Upmann with cedar, cream, coffee, nuts, hay, and a clean medium-bodied Cuban profile.
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Identity
Cigar card
- Brand
- H. Upmann
- Cigar name
- Half Corona
- Origin
- Cuba
- Line
- Core line
- Length
- 90 mm / 3 1/2 in
- Ring gauge
- 44
- Vitola de galera
- Half Corona
- Commercial size
- Petit Corona
- Release
- 2011
- Status
- Current Regular Production
- Construction
- Handmade
- Smoking time
- 25-40 minutes
Packaging
- Dress box of 25
- Aluminium pack of 5 cigars
Identity note
Cuban Cigar Website lists H. Upmann Half Corona as a current regular-production cigar with the factory name Half Corona, dimensions 44 ring gauge x 90 mm, handmade construction, and a 2011 release. It also records the dress box of 25 and aluminium pack of 5 packaging formats.
General profile
The Half Corona is best treated as a short, concentrated H. Upmann: more compact than grand, but still recognizably Cuban. The profile sits around cedar, cream, hay, nuts, mild coffee, light earth, and a gentle white-pepper lift. It is useful as a short smoke because the cigar gets to its main personality quickly without needing a long warm-up.
Pre-light
Wrapper aroma: cedar, dry hay, light barnyard, toasted tobacco, and a faint creamy sweetness.
Cold draw: cedar, nuts, light coffee, hay, and a mild pepper prickle.
First third
Primary notes: cedar, cream, hay, toasted nuts.
Secondary notes: mild coffee, white pepper, soft earth, dry tobacco sweetness.
Body: light-medium to medium.
Strength: light-medium.
Texture: creamy at first, with a dry cedar edge.
The opening is usually the friendliest part of the cigar: short, clean, and aromatic. The cedar and hay notes give it a classic H. Upmann feel, while the coffee and nut tones add enough weight for the small format.
Second third
Primary notes: cedar, coffee, nuts, dry cream.
Secondary notes: earth, white pepper, toasted bread, faint cocoa.
Body: medium.
Strength: medium.
Texture: drier and more compact than the opening.
This is where the Half Corona starts feeling less like a quick miniature and more like a proper cigar. The profile becomes toastier, with coffee and cedar taking the lead. If smoked slowly, the cream remains; if rushed, the cigar can become dry and sharper.
Final third
Primary notes: coffee, cedar, earth, pepper.
Secondary notes: toasted nuts, dark bread, dry cocoa, stronger tobacco.
Body: medium.
Strength: medium.
Texture: dry, direct, and more rustic.
The final third is short and more forceful. The sweetness recedes, the pepper rises, and the coffee-earth core becomes more prominent. It is best finished before heat overtakes the compact format.
Construction
Draw: usually open to slightly firm.
Burn: generally reliable, with occasional waviness common to short Cuban formats.
Smoke output: medium.
Heat: can build quickly in the final third.
Overall assessment
Complexity: medium for the size.
Evolution: moderate; cedar and cream move toward coffee, earth, and pepper.
Best use: a short Cuban smoke when you want proper H. Upmann character without a long session.
One-line tasting note
Cedar, cream, hay, nuts, coffee, white pepper, and light earth in a short, medium-bodied Cuban format.