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Review: H. Upmann Magnum 48 (EL 2009)

H. Upmann’s Magnum series is one of the more noted Cuban cigars and by most accounts is probably the most popular of the legendary brand’s current offerings. Currently, H. Upmann has two regular production Magnum vitolas, the Magnum 46, a 5 5/8 x 46 Corona Gorda, and the Magnum 50, a 6 3/10 Double Robusto. [...]

Review: Edmundo Dantes Conde 54 (ER Mexico 2011)

In 2007, Habanos S.A. released the first Edición Regional for the country of Mexico, the Edmundo Dantes El Conde 109 Edición Regional Mexico. Only 600 boxes of 25 were released in 2007 with a rerelease of another 600 boxes of 25 coming in 2008 in the exact same size and allegedly blend. The Edmundo Dantes [...]

Review: Por Larrañaga Robusto (ER Alemania 2010)

The Por Larrañaga brand traces its history to 1834, when it was registered by Ignacio Larrañaga, making it the oldest marca in the Habanos S.A. portfolio that is still made. It was also the first factory to make machine made cigars. It is currently referred to as a marca local, a local brand with minor market [...]

Review: Vegueros Seoane

Established as a marca in 1997, Vegueros lived a relatively short life on the market only lasting 15 years before being discontinued in 2012. The origin of the Vegueros cigars however is a little older than the marca itself. In 1961 the Francisco Donatién factory located in Pinar del Río started rolling cigars in addition [...]

Redux: Cohiba Gran Reserva

Back in February of 2009, attendees of the XI Festival del Habano in Cuba were given unofficial prereleases of the now legendary Cohiba Gran Reserva. The actual release didn’t ship until November of that year. The Cohiba Gran Reserva was the first ever Gran Reserva released from Habanos S.A. consisting of the best Cuban tobacco [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Specially Selected Gran Robusto (ER Benelux 2008)

In 2005, Habanos S.A. introduced the Edición Regional releases creating specific sizes for various regions around the world. Most of these regions were entire countries: Canada, Germany, and Spain for example. However, there are a few regions made up of a group of smaller countries who all share the same distributor, like Benelux. Cubacigar is [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Allones Extra (EL 2011)

In 2011, Habanos S.A. released their normal trio of Edición Limitadas consisting of special cigars from Cohiba, Hoyo de Monterrey and Ramón Allones. The program, which was introduced in 2000, releases special vitolas of three different cigars that are not part of the portfolio for the respective brands. Since 2004, Habanos has limited the releases [...]

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

At the end of 2011, Habanos S.A. released its 11th collection of Edición Limitadas, a trio of cigars from Cohiba, Ramon Allones and Hoyo de Monterrey: Cohiba Cohiba 1966 — Double Robusto (6 1/2 x 52) Ramón Allones Allones Extra — Corona (5 3/5 x 46) Hoyo de Monterrey Short Hoyo Pirámides — Petit Pyramid (5 3/5 x 44) [...]

Review: Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo du Gourmet (1994)

Hoyo de Monterrey is not one of the more prolific Cuban brands even with its status of being one of Habanos’ Global Brands. That status places it amongst the likes of Cohiba, Montecristo, Partagás and Romeo y Julieta, meaning that it is one of Habanos’ larger distributed brands. The current rendition of Wikipedia’s history of [...]

Review: La Escepción Selectos Finos (ER Italy 2011)

In 2011, Habanos brought back an old Cuban brand La Escepción. as an ER for Italy. The size is a 6 1/2 x 38 Panatela called Selectos Finos, a size that had never been offered by La Escepción prior. La Escepción is one of the oldest Cuban cigar brands with its introduction by owner José Gener sometime in the late [...]