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Cigars · La Habana

H. Upmann Factory / Montecristo (Menéndez-García)

Confiscated cigar factory — Montecristo created here (1935)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only⚠️ Title III risk — potential
Scale
World's top-selling cigar brand (Montecristo)
Status
Confiscated Sept 15 1960; family fled to DR
Sector
Cigars
Province
La Habana
Coordinates
23.137, -82.358
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Benji Menéndez became master blender at General Cigar.
Controlling entity
Habanos S.A.

State + foreign-partner cigar distribution monopoly. Current holder of the confiscated Cuban cigar marques (Partagás, Montecristo, H. Upmann, Romeo y Julieta, Hoyo de Monterrey).

Helms-Burton · confiscated property
⚠️ Title III risk — potential
Original owner (1960)
Menéndez & García family
1972 certified value
uncertified
Current claim-holder
Habanos S.A. (Cuban) / Altadis USA, La Romana DR (non-Cuban)
Certified (FCSC)
No — uncertified
Title III status

potential

Read the Menéndez family's story →
Sources: Cigar Aficionado · Wikipedia