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Panetela
A long, notably slender format, typically with a ring gauge of 35 to 39.
The panetela is the elegant ascetic among vitolas: long and thin, with a ring gauge typically between 35 and 39. At such slender dimensions the proportion of the wrapper in the aroma rises sharply — the same blend tastes different in a panetela than in a thick format. The small tobacco mass is unforgiving: draw too quickly and the ember overheats faster than in any other shape.