There’s a new Cuban Edición Regional on the shelves of cigar shops in the Netherlands, as the Por Larrañaga Gran Robusto has been delivered to retailers.

The new cigar is a double robusto that measures 6 3/10 x 50, a vitola known as the Magnum 50 that is shared with several other cigars, including the regular production H.Upmann Magnum 50, as well as the Partagás Selección Privada Edición Limitada, a 2014 release, and the La Gloria Cubana Triunfos, an Edición Regional that was released to Switzerland in 2010.

A total of 10,000 boxes of 10 cigars have been ordered by Cubacigar Benelux N.V., the exclusive distributor of Habanos S.A. products in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Each box is priced at €152, approximately $178.

While it’s an Edición Regional for the Netherlands, the cigar has also been spotted in Belgium, which together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg form the Benelux region, which has received several Edición Regionals as well.

It’s the first Edición Regional release for the Por Larrañaga marca since the 2015 batch, when the Por Larrañaga Opera was created for France, though it arrived at stores in 2016.

Images courtesy of Cubacigar Benelux N.V.

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