Habanos S.A. Selects Three Cigars for Edición Limitada 2023

Historically, Habanos S.A. creates three new cigars each year for its Edición Limitada program. In 2020, that longstanding tradition was disrupted as the Cuban cigar company released only one new cigar as part of the program.

Three new cigars were announced for 2021, seemingly putting the program back on track, but there were no Edición Limitada cigars announced in 2022. Furthermore, at the Festival del Habano XXIII in March 2023—the annual Cuban cigar festival where these cigars are typically announced—there was no mention of new Edición Limitadas.

Multiple Cuban cigar distributors have confirmed to halfwheel that they have been informed of three new Edición Limitada cigars for 2023:

• 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)

The H. Upmann and Trinidad are using new vitolas, shapes that have not been used for other Cuban cigars. The Ramón Allones Absolutos uses the same vitola as the Montecristo Herederos.

The Trinidad will be offered in boxes of 12, the Ramón Allones will come in boxes of 20 and the H. Upmann will be sold in boxes of 25 cigars. Historically, Habanos S.A. does not disclose production numbers for the Edición Limitada.

CubanCigarWebsite.com was the first to report that these cigars are the 2023 Edición Limitada cigars. A source told halfwheel that these cigars were previously listed as 2022 Edición Limitada cigars but are now listed as 2023.

Since 2005, the Edición Limitada program has followed a very consistent format. Each year, Habanos S.A. creates three new cigars as Edición Limitada releases. Unlike the Cuban cigar company’s Edición Regional or Gran Reserva/Reserva programs, seemingly any brand can be selected for an Edición Limitada release. The cigars are vitolas that are not otherwise offered in that specific brand, meaning that a Cohiba Lancero or Robusto could not be selected for an Edición Limitada release, but there could be a diadema used for a Cohiba Edición Limitada as that vitola is not currently sold.

The cigars carry a gold and black secondary band that says Edición Limitada and the year they are released. In addition to being a unique vitola for the brand, Habanos S.A. says that Edición Limitada cigars use tobacco from the Vuelta Abajo region of Pinar del Rió, which is aged for a minimum of two years.

Despite these being 2023 Edición Limitada cigars, it’s unclear whether these cigars will actually go on sale this year. For context, the first known instance of the Partagás Legado Edición Limitada 2020 being sold at retail stores was in 2022.

A representative from Habanos S.A. declined to comment on the information.

Brooks Whittington contributed to this story.