Posts Tagged Under Montecristo
Diplomatico No.2
Diplomatico is one of Cuba’s relatively newer brands. Released back in 1966, Diplomatico was launched and marketed as a milder and cheaper alternative to the Montecristo range. The brand was created for the French market initially, but it wasn’t long before they became popular in the rest of Europe and worldwide. The original release of the Diplomatico [...]
Posted in Cuban, Diplomatico, ReviewsBy Yiorgos
2010 Habanos Releases
With less than to weeks left before the 12th Habanos Festival, where Habanos will present their full plans for 2010, we already have an idea of what to expect in the new year. Some of the releases have already been known since the middle of 2009 and some of them only became available in the [...]
Posted in NewsBy Yiorgos
Which is your desert island cigar?
On the last herf, Rob - a fellow BOTL asked me:”which is you desert island cigar”? Without much thought i replied: “The Partagas D no.4″. Then moments later I thought, “Well, maybe the Cohiba Robusto… Or the Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill… Or the Cohiba Pyramide 2006… Or the Romeo Churchill… Damn, I can’t make [...]
Posted in NewsBy Yiorgos
2010 Limited Editions
With the 2009 Edicion Limitadas still not widely available and quite hard to find, the first rumors have surfaced regarding the 2010 Limitadas line up. According to these rumors, the three brands featured in next year’s Limitadas are Partagas, Montecristo and Trinidad.
Partagas will bring us yet another member in the D and EL Series; the Serie [...]
By Yiorgos
Montecristo Showdown - Open Junior vs No. 5
So what do we think of the new Montecristo Open range? This new launch from Habanos is probably the most talked about development from the Cuban Cigar industry this year and opinion thus far has been somewhat divided.
Many cigar smokers have found the range to be too mild and some have complained that the cigars don’t have the traditional Montecristo [...]
By harry
Montecristo Open Master
Four months after making it’s first public appearance in the Habano’s Festival, the Montecristo Open series was -officially- launched in the UK in the Hunter’s and Frankau Summer Cigar Party. Although the first reviews of the cigar were far from generous, everybody was eagerly awaiting their first encounter with the newest Montecristo line, the first [...]
Posted in Cuban, Montecristo, ReviewsBy Yiorgos
Hunters & Frankau 2009 Summer Cigar Party
For third year in a row, Hunters & Frankau, the official Habanos SA distributor for UK and Ireland, are hosting the Summer Cigar Party, one of the biggest cigar events in Europe. This year’s party will take place in June 16th 2009 at the Devonshire Terrace, in the heart of London.
The atendees will have the chance to sample [...]
By Yiorgos
Montecristo C - Limited Edition 2003
The Montecristo C is a cigar that you will not come across very often any more. A Corona Gorda, measuring 5.6″ by 46 Ring gauge, the C was released in 2003 as a part of the year’s Limited Edition release and had failed to impress, not justifying the increased anticipation that the Edicion Limitada extra band brought to [...]
Posted in Cuban, Montecristo, ReviewsBy Yiorgos
XI Habanos Festival
The eleventh Habanos Festival took place between February 23 and 27. The festival was highly anticipated amongst afficionados from around the world, as some new vitolas were due to be presented. The Montecristo Open series, the Trinidad Robusto T and the Cohiba Siglo VI Gran Reserva. The worlds most famous and rischest afficionados gathered in Habana, [...]
Posted in Featured, NewsBy Yiorgos
New Montecristo line in 2009?
The rumours of the production of a new Monecristo line (originally planned to be named “Sports”) are getting confirmed as we are getting closer to 2009. The “Open” line will be added to the Montecristo regular production and will be available worldwide.
According to the same rumors, the “Open” line will feature vitolas that are milder that the regular Montecristos, targeting [...]
By Yiorgos
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