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Review: Cohiba Pirámides (EL 2006)

There were two limited editions made in 2006, the year of Cohiba’s 40th anniversary. One is the legendary Behike, the other was the Edición Limitada Pirámides, the fourth release for the brand since the series was introduced in 2000. Each Edición Limitada features a limited number of cigars produced using aged tobacco in sizes that [...]

Review: Montecristo 520 (EL 2012)

At the XIV Festival del Habano, Habanos S.A. honored the “520th anniversary of tobacco discovery.” Amongst the celebration was a preview of the annual Edición Limitada releases, including the Montecristo 520, a 6 1/8 x 55 Double Robusto. In 2000, Habanos S.A. announced the first of the Edición Limitada releases. The cigars are limited releases rolled [...]

Review: Bolívar 681 (ER Bulgaria 2011)

On November 11, 2011, Habanos S.A. officially released the Bolívar 681, the first Edición Regional for the country of Bulgaria, at a formal dinner held at the Kaliman Caribe restaurant.  The press release tells the story:  Bolivar 681, a mild-to-strong taste habano that was around between the 1960s and 1990s within the Partagas portfolio, was picked [...]

Redux: Hoyo de Monterrey Short Hoyo Pirámides (EL 2011)

Habanos S.A.’s Edición Limitada program has been well documented since launching in 2000, evolving into its current format of a trio of cigars launched annually that uses tobacco aged for two years to create a limited production of cigars that often come at a sizable markup from the marca’s regular production cigars. As has become standard, 2011 [...]

Review: Sancho Panza Escuderos (ER Germany 2011)

Despite being one of Habanos S.A.’s oldest brands, established in 1848, Sancho Panza has one of the smallest portfolios of any of the Habanos lines. In 2010, when Habanos S.A. released the Sancho Panza Quijote for Altadis S.A., the Spanish distributor of Cuban cigars, it was the first Sancho Panza Edición Regional and quite possibly [...]

Redux: La Gloria Cubana Deliciosos (ER Cuba 2009)

Launched in 2005 as a way to bring certain marcas into different regions of the world, Habanos S.A.’s Edición Regional program finally produced a cigar for its home country in 2010, as the La Gloria Cubana Deliciosos Edición Regional Cuba was released at the Habanos Festival in February of that year. Available for purchase only on [...]

Redux: Por Larrañaga Magnifico (ER UK 2007)

In 2007, before people started getting a bit jaded on the whole Edición Regional program, Habanos S.A. released the Por Larrañaga Magnifico, a regional release for the U.K.  The vitola is an almost exact replica, only 2mm shorter, of the of the famous Por Larrañaga Magnum, which is thought by some to be one the greatest cigars ever made until [...]

Review: Bolivar Británicas (ER UK 2011)

In spring, Hunters & Frankau, Habanos S.A.’s distributor in the United Kingdom, took shipment of the first of two expected Edición Regionals. The Bolivar Británicas arrived only a few months before the eventual arrival of the Punch Medalla d’Oro last month, although both were 2011 ER releases. As Patrick explained in the Por Larrañaga Robusto review: [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Belicoso (2005)

In 2005, Habanos S.A. released a limited addition Ramón Allones Belicoso that was only available in the United Kingdom. This release was actually before the Edición Regional program was in effect, so while this release is essentially one of the first ERs, it is not officially labeled as one. In fact, there was almost no fanfare [...]

Review: Punch Northern Lights (ER Nordic 2009)

At one point in time, Punch was the strongest brand in the world. Today, not so much. Despite not having the status similar to Cohiba, Montecristo or Romeo y Julieta, Punch has dominated the Edición Regional series with 18 of the 105 released ERs baring the Punch crown, second only to Ramón Allones’ 19 releases. [...]