Bolívar Regentes Edición Limitada 2021 Debuts in London

Last week, the Bolívar Regentes Edición Limitada 2021 debuted at a party at the Boisdale Canary Wharf in London. Now, the cigar is available at stores in the United Kingdom.

The Regentes is a 5 1/8 x 52 vitola that is known as Discretos within the Cuban naming system. The only other Cuban cigar to be made in this vitola is the Partagás Maduro No.1.

In the U.K., the pricing is set at £45 ($56.84) per cigar and it is sold in boxes of 25 cigars.

This is the final of the three 2021 Edición Limitada cigars to go on sale. The Cohiba 55 Anniversario (5 9/10 x 57) launched in 2022, while the Hoyo de Monterrey Monterreyes No.4 (5 7/10 x 55) went on sale last year.

For most of the last two decades, Habanos S.A. has announced three new Edición Limitada releases each year. These cigars are each a new size for a particular brand, not necessarily a new Cuban cigar size, but one that hasn’t been sold as part of that particular brand before. As the name would imply, the cigars are offered in limited quantities, though rarely ever disclosed production numbers.

In addition to being a unique size, Edición Limitada cigars use tobacco from the Vuelta Abajo region of Pinar del Rió, which is then aged for a minimum of two years. They carry a secondary band that reads “Edición Limitada” and then the year they were announced.

Hunters & Frankau, the U.K.’s distributor of Cuban cigar, was selected as the launch partner for this cigar. It’s unclear when other markets will get the cigar.

At last Wednesday’s launch party, guests were served a three-course dinner while Sambroso All Stars, a Cuban band, performed. The new cigar was formally introduced by Willie Cochrane, former pipe major of The King’s Own Scottish Borderers.

There were no Edición Limitada cigars as part of the 2022 class. Habanos S.A. informed some distributors that it was planning 2022 Edicíon Limitadas for H. Upmann, Ramón Allones and Trinidad. Those cigars were reclassified and are now part of the 2023 class of Edición Limitada cigars:

• H. Upmann Magnum Finite — 5 1/8 (130mm) x 53 (Singulares)
• Ramón Allones Absolutos — 6 3/8 (162mm) x 47 (Cazadores Especiales)
• Trinidad Cablidos —  6 1/8 (156mm) x 49 (Nuevos)

There is no word on when these cigars might go on sale.