The newest Edición Regional release is on store shelves in France today, as the Por Larrañaga Prometidos has been released to retailers in the country.

The cigar is a robusto extra vitola that measures 5 1/2 inches (140mm) long with a 54 ring gauge, a vitola with the factory name Duke. It is a vitola that debuted in 2009 with the Romeo y Julieta Dukes, an Edición Limitada, and has since been used for the Partagás Serie E. No.2 and a number of Edicion Regional releases.

The release, which was commissioned by Coprova, the distributor of Habanos S.A. products in France, is limited to 20,000 individually numbered boxes of 10 cigars, a total run of 200,000 cigars. Pricing is set at €285 ($304.49) per box, which works out to €28.50 ($30.45) per cigar.

This is the second time that the Por Larrañaga brand has been selected for a French Edición Regional; in 2015 the Por Larrañaga Opera was released, a 4 1/2 x 52 petit robusto, with the cigar getting a re-release in 2016.

The Prometidos is one of five Por Larrañaga Ediciónes Regional that are part of the 2021 class.

Images courtesy of Coprova.

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