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Bolivar Belicosos Finos

The Cigar

As one would expect from a brand that is named after such a powerful figure, this cigar is full bodied. Bolivar is simply one of the richest and most commanding brands within the Habanos portfolio. Although not for the novice, these traits are what make it one of the most sought-after names amongst more experienced cigar smokers.

The full gauge of the Belicoso Fino, combined with the tapered end of this Campana shape, which means “bell” in Spanish, creates the ideal format for a robust blend of leaves. The Belicoso Fino is presented either in labelled boxes or Cabinet Selection bundles of 25 cigars. The cigars in bundles are now banded.

In 2007 Cigar Aficionado described this cigar as “A gorgeous torpedo gleaming with oils. It has a near perfect draw that imparts a luxuriously textured smoke rich with profound wood and tobacco flavours”. Then, when revisiting the cigar in 2010 went on to say “The smoke has a velvety texture and is full of toast, earth and cedary flavours that cohere to a floral, herbaceous finish”. They also scored it an impressive 92 out of 100.

Commercial Name: Belicosos Finos
Factory Name: Campana
Dimensions: 5½” (140mm) x 52 ring gauge
Flavour category: Full

Production method: Totally handmade using long filler with all leaves sourced from the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba Presentations: 25-cigar Cabinet (SLB)

Bolivar Coronas Junior

The Cigar

A small cigar with a full 42 ring gauge that makes it an option even after a rich dinner if time to smoke is limited.

Vitola: Minuto
Ring Gauge: 42
Length: 43/8 inches - 110 mm
Strength : Full

Production method: Totally handmade using long filler with all leaves sourced from the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba

Bolivar Petit Coronas

The Cigar

Simon Bolivar was one of the great historic figures of the 19th Century who liberated much of South America from Spanish rule.

The Bolivar brand was created in 1902 and is based today in the Partagas factory which is in the heart of Havana. 

It is perhaps not surprising that a Habano named after such a powerful figure is blended to match his might. Bolivar is among the strongest, most full bodied of all Habanos. It boasts an unrivalled richness of flavour in its blend of Vuelta Abajo zone filler and binder tobacco that makes it one of the most sought-after marques amongst experienced smokers. 

Length: 5 1/8" 
Ring Gauge: 42
Flavour: Full
Vitola: Mareva

As one would expect from a cigar brand named after such a powerful figure, this cigar is rich and full bodied. It is simply one of the richest and commanding brands within the Habanos portfolio. Although this is certainly not a cigar for the novice, these traits are what make it one of the most sought-after marques among more experienced cigar smokers.

The full gauge of the Royal Coronas (known as a Robusto within Cuban cigar factories) creates the ideal format for this muscular blend of leaves, creating a cigar of exceptional balance.

Cigar Aficionado recently reviewed this cigar, scoring it an impressive 94 out of 100 saying “Current Bolivar RCs (Royal Coronas) seem to take their inspiration from what we consider one of the golden ages for Cuban smokes, the late 1980s and early 1990s. That was when Cuban cigarmakers created and made some of their best cigars. “They also made it their Cigar Of The Year in 2006.

Min Ron NEE, in ‘An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post Revolution Havana Cigars’ describes the royal Coronas as ‘Suave’ with ‘earthy and peppery flavours’. He goes on to add ‘Bolivar is one of my favourite brands. If I was condemned to smoke only one brand, I have no hesitation that Bolivar would be the choice’.

Commercial Name: Royal Coronas
Factory Name: Robusto
Dimensions: 4 7/8” (124mm) x 50 ring gauge
Flavour category: Full
Production method: Totally handmade using long filler with all leaves sourced from
the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba
Presentations: Labelled box of 25 untubed and labelled box of 10 tubed cigars

Cohiba BHK 52 (Behike)

The Cigar

The Linea BHK swept all before it when the three sizes were launched in 2010, and yet it was the smallest, the BHK 52, that was awarded the prestigious Cigar Aficionado ‘Cigar of the Year’ in the same year. A stunning and unique taste from Havana.

Line: La Linea BHK
Flavour: Full
Vitola: Laguito No.4
Ring Gauge: 52
Length: 4 3/4 Inches / 119mm

Cohiba BHK 54 (Behike)

The Cigar

The number of a BHK stands for its ring gauge, so this stout model boasts a diameter of 54/64ths of an inch, which leaves plenty of room for the fourth component in the filler – the Medio Tiempo – that brings a startling intensity to the flavour.

Line: La Linea BHK
Flavour: Full
Vitola: Laguito No.5
Ring Gauge: 54
Length: 5 5/8 Inches / 144mm

Cohiba BHK 56 (Behike)

The Cigar

One of the widest girths to be found within the entire Havana cigar portfolio, allowing for a magnificent array of flavours to drench the palate. The ultimate expression of luxury and indulgence.

Line: La Linea BHK
Flavour: Full
Vitola: Laguito No.6
Ring Gauge: 56
Length: 6 1/2 Inches / 166mm

Cohiba Coronas Especiales

The Cigar

A well balanced cigar perfect for beginners seeking to cultivate their palate with more complex flavors. Fresh flower, moist wood and roasted nut aromas make this cigar a crisp and revitalizing smoke.

The name is an ancient Taino Indian word for the bunches of tobacco leaves that Columbus first saw being smoked by the original inhabitants of Cuba – the earliest known form of a Habano.

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Laguito
Ring Gauge: 38
Length: 6 Inches / 152mm

Cohiba Esplendidos

The Cigar

Cohiba's brilliant Churchill size., first seen in 1989. Beautifully presented in mid-tone wrappers. Make time for this stately cigar, the king of the Linea Clasica

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Julieta No.2
Ring Gauge: 47
Length: 7 Inches / 178mm

Cohiba Esplendidos Gran Reserva Cosecha 2017

Vitola: Julieta No.2
Ring Gauge: 47
Length: 7 Inches / 178mm
Construction: Handmade, with tobacco from the 2017 harvest.
Packaging: Numbered black lacquered boîte nature box of 15 cigars (5,000 produced).

Cohiba Exquisitos

The Cigar

A cigar for the morning, with plenty of taste to sharpen the palate. The favourite size of former El Laguito (the home factory for Cohiba) Director Emilia Tamayo, the first women ever to manage a Havana Factory

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Seoane
Ring Gauge: 33
Length: 5 Inches / 125mm

Cohiba Lanceros

The Cigar

The longest of the Cohiba's original three sizes created in 1966 and one the cigar of choice for Cuba's late president, Fidel Castro who also used to given them as personal gifts. 

The unique extra fermentation that is conducted on the Seco and Legero of all Cohibas lasts for eighteen months and is conducted at the factory in cedar barrels. This extra age creates a unique taste. The famous Cohiba flavour is most often described as ‘Grassy’, although others have noticed tones of vanilla, cocoa and coffee. It is often remarked upon how this extra fermentation makes the taste ‘smoother’ and more refined while retaining a depth and character that is entirely distinct. A prime example of a modern Habanos

In 2011 this cigar was given a Cigar Aficionado rating of 94 and they noted that it had “a complex progression of flavours, starting with cinnamon and nutmeg intonations that lead to a robust and profound coffee flavour that lasts on the finish.”

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Laguito No.1
Ring Gauge: 38
Length: 7 1/2 Inches / 192mm 

Cohiba Maduro 5 Magicos

The Cigar
#8 Cigar Aficionado Top 25 Cigars 2024

A stocky cigar with a dark countenance added by 5 years ages wrapper taken from the upper leaves of shade-grown plants. Rich, spicy and with a great draw. Suits aficionados with limited time. 

Line: La Linea Maduro 5
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Magico 5
Ring Gauge: 52
Length: 4 1/2 Inches / 115mm

The Cigar

The rich, sweetish Maduro 5 flavour in a compact size, which burns well and delivers an intense aromatic taste. A little jewel. 

Line: La Linea Maduro 5
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Secretos 5
Ring Gauge: 40
Length: 4 3/8 Inches / 110mm

Cohiba Medio Siglo

The Cigar

The Medio Siglo, literally “Half Century” was released to celebrate the brand’s 50th anniversary and draws inspiration from the Linea 1492’s shortest (Siglo I at 4”, 104mm) and widest (Siglo VI at 52 ring gauge) offerings.

The unique ‘extra fermentation’ that is conducted on the Seco and Legero of all Cohibas lasts for up to eighteen months and is conducted at the factory in cedar barrels. This extra age creates a unique taste. The famous Cohiba flavour is most often described as ‘Grassy’, although others have noticed tones of vanilla, cocoa and coffee. It is often noted how this extra fermentation makes the taste ‘smoother’ and more refined.

This very modern looking cigar delivers bundles of characteristic Cohiba taste, in a format ideal for when time is short. The wide gauge helps produce an abundance of smoke that drenches the palate and rewards the smoker with an easy, rounded and yet sophisticated experience. 

Line: La Linea 1492
Flavour: Medium
Vitola: Medio Siglo
Ring Gauge: 52
Length: 4 Inches / 102mm

Cohiba Panetelas

The Cigar

The smallest of the three Cohiba originals. The true taste of Cuba's most prestigious brand for a few precious minutes.  It is similar to other Cohibas from the classic range only with stronger bean flavours and hints of smoky leather.

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Laguito No.3
Ring Gauge: 26
Length: 4 1/2 Inches / 115mm. 

The cigar that sparked the Robusto revolution from 1989 onwards and remains firmly in the vanguard of this important vitola. Rich, deep, spicy and not to be missed. 

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Robusto
Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 4 7/8 Inches / 124mm

The cigar that sparked the Robusto revolution from 1989 onwards and remains firmly in the vanguard of this important vitola. Rich, deep, spicy and not to be missed. 

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Robusto
Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 4 7/8 Inches / 124mm

The cigar that sparked the Robusto revolution from 1989 onwards and remains firmly in the vanguard of this important vitola. Rich, deep, spicy and not to be missed. 

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Robusto
Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 4 7/8 Inches / 124mm

The cigar that sparked the Robusto revolution from 1989 onwards and remains firmly in the vanguard of this important vitola. Rich, deep, spicy and not to be missed. 

Line: La Linea Classica
Flavour: Medium to Full
Vitola: Robusto
Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 4 7/8 Inches / 124mm

The unique ‘extra fermentation’ that is conducted on the Seco and Ligero of all Cohibas lasts for eighteen months and is conducted at the factory in cedar barrels. This extra age creates a unique taste. The famous Cohiba flavour is most often described as ‘Grassy’, although others have noticed tones of vanilla, cocoa and coffee. It is often noted how this extra fermentation makes the taste ‘smoother’ and more refined. Beautifully crafted with a rich chocolate wrapper, it is soft-textured and sumptuous to smoke, with dark chocolate and spice aromas and flavours”

Line: La Linea 1492
Flavour: Medium
Vitola: Perla
Ring Gauge: 40
Length: 4 Inches / 102mm

The Siglo line of Cohiba was launched in 1992, it has always been a serious smoke, but never one that blew off the shelves. The hearty cigars delivers lots of spicy, creamy character and a bright freshness from the specially processed filler tobacco. The Cubans say that some of the tobacco in the blend goes through a third fermentation, which provides the flavor and the finesse of Cohiba. The Siglo II is a consistently outstanding cigar.

Line: La Linea 1492
Flavour: Medium
Vitola: Mareva
Ring Gauge: 42
Length: 5 1/8 Inches / 129mm

The Cigar

Often underestimated, the Siglo III can be depended upon to deliver perfectly balanced, elegant, medium bodied flavours and aromas. 

Line: La Linea 1492
Flavour: Medium
Vitola: Corona Grande
Ring Gauge: 42
Length: 6 1/8 Inches / 155mm

The extra girth of this Corona Gorda size allows the signature taste of La Linea 1492 (the Siglos) to show from the start and to develop richly on the palate. 

Line: La Linea 1492
Flavour: Medium
Vitola: Corona Gorda 
Ring Gauge: 46
Length: 5 5/8 Inches / 143mm

The lord of La Linea1492 despite arriving ten years after the first five, in 2002. Magnificent, uniform wrappers, sensuous to the touch, great construction - this is the best of Cuba!

Line: La Linea 1492
Flavour: Medium
Vitola: Canonazo
Ring Gauge: 52
Length: 5 7/8 Inches / 150mm

The Cigar:

The lord of La Liena 1492 despite arriving ten years after the first five, in 2002. Magnificent, uniform wrappers, sensuous to the touch, great construction - this is the best of Cuba!

Line: La Linea 1492
Flavour: Medium
Vitola: Cononazo
Ring Gauge: 52
Length: 5 7/8 Inches / 150mm

A size that first appeared in the Millennium ceramic jar series – many felt it was the best – before being added to the Cuaba portfolio in 2003. Usefully available in boxes of 10.

Flavour: Medium To Full 
Vitola: Romeo 
Ring Gauge: 52 
Length: 63 /8 - 162 Mm

Cuaba Divinos

The Cigar

Strictly speaking this is a ‘perfecto’ size not a double figurado because the cigar’s head is rounded not pointed. It has a particular intensity of taste that makes it the perfect accompaniment to a morning espresso

Flavour: Medium To Full
Vitola: Petit Bouquet
Ring Gauge: 43
Length: 4 Inches - 101 Mm

Cuaba Exclusivos

The Cigar

This was the largest of Cuaba’s original sizes when it was introduced at a glittering dinner at Claridge’s Hotel in London in 1996.

Flavour: Medium To Full
Vitola: Exquisito
Ring Gauge: 46
Length: 53 /4 - 145 Mm

Cuaba Salomon
The Cigar

A size rediscovered in the 1990s, Salomones have become a signature shape for those who like large formats. The Cuaba version is your most reliable way to access this prized size.

Flavour: Medium To Full
Vitola: Salomon
Ring Gauge: 57
Length: 7 1/4 Inches - 184 Mm

Cuaba Tradicionales

The Cigar

A particularly elegant, slender double figurado shape that was the size and shape of most of the Havanas smoked during the second half of the 19th century. Enjoy an encounter with the past when you light up this cigar.

Flavour: Medium To Full
Vitola: Favorita
Ring Gauge: 42
Length: 4 3/4 Inches - 120 Mm

El Rey Del Mundo Demi Tasse

The Cigar

A fine example of the smallest format made by hand in Cuba. Plenty of leather and pepper, yet still as light and easy going as you'd expect from the world renowned cigar brand. Tiny but tasty

Flavour: Light to Medium
Vitola: Entreacto
Ring Gauge: 30
Length: 4inches - 100 Mm

The Cigar 

Description

The Elegidos is the second cigar in the brand's regular catalogue. The Elegidos is rolled "Totalmente a Mano con Tripa Corta" with leaves from the Vuelta Abajo and Semi Vuelta. This rolling technique involves the use of pieces of tobacco leaf to make up the filler, rather than the whole leaf as is the case for cigars "con Tripa Larga" (Long Filler). 

Barely longer than a Robustos (50 x 124 mm), the Elegidos is in line with the new trend of "short smokes", which are increasingly appreciated by aficionados because they offer a complex aromatic profile for a relatively short tasting time.

Fonseca Cosacos

The Cigar

Don Francisco Fonseca founded his brand in the 1890’s. The cigar delicate blend of filler and binder tobaccos from the Vuelta Abajo zone makes it the ideal Habano to follow a light meal.

Virtually a Petit Corona dressed in Fonseca’s pristine white tissue. Vuelta Abajo filler tobaccos.

Flavour: Light 
Vitola: Cosaco
Ring Gauge: 42
Length: 5 3/8 Inches - 135 Mm

Fonseca No.1

The Cigar

An unusual size similar to a Lonsdale offering a light, vegetal taste at the outset that develops some earthiness as it progresses. Now discontinued in Cuba, but some stocks remain in the UK.

Flavour: Light 
Vitola: Cazadores
Ring Gauge: 43
Length: 6 3/8 Inches - 162 mm

H.Upmann Connossieur A

The Cigar

This is the first time that the Genios vitola has been used outside Cohiba. The Connossieur A is reserved throughout the world for sale only in Casas del Habano and shops that qualify as Havana Cigar Specialists.

H.Upmann Coronas Majors

The Cigar

H. Upmann was the first brand anywhere in the world to introduce the cedar lined aluminium tube for cigars. This was not the first size to be tubed, but it has been on the UK market since 1937, so it has passed muster with many smokers.

H.Upmann Half Corona

The Cigar:

The first 31 /2 inch (90mm) Havana to be introduced since the Second World War. Its forebear, called the Half-a-Corona, was in its day the biggest selling Havana size by far.

H.Upmann Magnum 54

The Cigar

H. Upmann is classified as Light to Medium by Habanos S.A, the Cuban company
responsible for the global marketing and distribution of Cuban cigars.

The H. Upmann taste is often said to have a clear and clean tobacco taste, often
mistakenly described as ‘simple’ by less experienced smokers.

The American publication, Cigar Aficionado scored this cigar 89 out of 100 in a February
2017 review, saying "This cigar exudes a pleasant, toasty aroma as it burns. Floral intonations segue into a strong peanut character with touches of cinnamon, woodiness and a mineral finish.”

Although relatively young this cigar is already smoking very well and exhibiting many
classic H. Upmann flavours. However, it seems destined to develop even more once it
has acquired two or three years age.

H.Upmann Magnum 46

The Cigar

This cabinet selection cigar tied in a silk-ribboned bundle first saw the light of day in the mid 1980s. It revitalised the traditional image of the brand with its elegant light to medium taste in a girth that rewards the palate. far.

H.Upmann Majestic

The Cigar

An inexpensive cigar for its size, the Majestic projects an image well above its price bracket. The taste is somewhat more intense than many Upmanns, but if you know what you are buying, you will be rewarded.

H.Upmann No.2

The Cigar

A classic Piramide that has lived for many years, undeservedly, in the shadow of its better known half-brother the Montecristo No.2. Less punchy in taste, but distinctly aromatic with all the burning qualities that the shape bestows

The Cigar

Habanos SA is introducing a new extension to its Montecristo Edmundo line with the Montecristo Wide Edmundo.

Montecristo Edmundo is a series under the Montecristo line named after Edmund Dantes, the title character from The Count of Montecristo.

Keeping to the theme of 50+ ring gauge the Montecristo Edmundo releases are known for, the Montecristo Wide Edmundo is a Duke No. 3 measuring 54 x 125 mm (54 x 4 59⁄64″).

It will be presented in ten and 25-count boxes. Habanos SA says a tube offering will also be offered.

Partagas Lusitanias

The Cigar

A star size if ever there was one. There are few sights in the cigar world to match a Cabinet Selection bundle of 50 Lusitanias. Happily they come in smaller quantities too

Por Larrañaga, means “By Larrañaga” and was first registered in Havana by Ignacio Larrañaga in 1834. It is the oldest handmade brand Havanas still being rolled in Cuba today. In 1890 the brand received further attention when Rudyard Kipling included the assertion that “There’s peace in a Larrañaga” in his famous poem “The Betrothed”.

In recent years UK devotees of the distinctive, sweet, light to medium bodied blend, have content themselves with the brand’s Petit Corona as the only size on the market. Happily there are now four cigars in the range, the Petit Corona, Montecarlos, Picadores and the new Galanes.

Galanes (‘Gallants’ in English) is 4 3⁄4”/120mm long and, with a 52 ring gauge, it is the brand’s widest cigar. It is also an exclusive size within the Habanos portfolio.

A smooth slightly creamy smoke with hints of cedar to start, developing strength towards the end but never more than medium smoke in terms of strength

Available in SBN boxes of 10 cigars the Por Larrañaga Galanes is a delightful, modern twist on a much loved classic.

Length: 4 3/4"
Ring Gauge: 52 
Strength: Light - Medium