The Flor de Cano Selectos No.3 is the third release in the brand's UK Regional Edition series, following the Short Robusto (2010) and Gran Cano (2013). With only 125,000 cigars produced, each featuring a unique band with the size name, these are highly collectible. The cigars come in 5,000 cabinet boxes of 25 cigars.
This Cervantes-sized cigar (6 ½” x 42 ring gauge), often called a Lonsdale, offers a floral and citrusy opening that gives way to a rich spiciness as it progresses. The flavor profile remains smooth and balanced, with the spiciness never becoming overwhelming or bitter. Its relatively slim size allows the blend to evolve throughout an hour-long smoke, making it both a pleasure to enjoy now and a cigar that will age beautifully.
The Selectos No.3 is a perfect choice for those seeking an elegant, evolving smoke with a well-rounded profile, and it will undoubtedly continue to refine with time.
Popular Vitola: Lonsdale
Factory Vitola: Cervantes
Ring Gauge: 42
Cigar Length: 165 mm / 5 1/2''
Body: Mild to Medium
Measuring 4 7/8” x 56 ring gauge, the Topes is familiar to cigar enthusiasts around the world as it was first showcased as a Limited Edition in 2016. The cigar soon disappeared from shelves such was its popularity at the time. Therefore the news of its return was met with great excitement especially as this time, as opposed to being a Limited Edition, it would be joining Trinidad’s standard range.
Popular Vitola: Topes
Factory Vitola: Topes
Ring Gauge: 56
Cigar Length: 125 mm / 4.9 inches
Body: Medium
About this Cigar: A builder's dream construction. This outstanding double figurado manages with ease to delicately balance its flavors of wood and sweet honey in a smooth and magical evolution. A real progression of flavours is experienced with this Cuaba and so it needs to be given time and room to release the various aromas.
Popular Vitola: Figurado
Factory Vitola: Salomòn
Ring Gauge: 57
Cigar Length: 184 mm / 7.2 inches
Body: Medium - Full
About this cigar: The San Cristobal De La Habana Prado is the third cigar to be sporting the Golden band, joining the H. Upmann Connoisseur B and the Punch 48.
The prado comes in a box of ten, in the classical San Cristobal manner. It is named after one of the most famous streets in Havana. It will be presented in Sofia, Bulgaria on the 4th of October of 2018.
Popular Vitola: Petit Pirámide
Factory Vitola: Petit Piramides
Ring Gauge: 50
Cigar Length: 127 mm / 5 ''
Body: Light to Medium
About this Cigar: A paramount display of Romeo y Julieta's wide palette of flavors. Medium in strength with notes of tangy orange peels, fragrant wood, fresh herbs, roasted hazelnuts and hints of leather fill the palate. A crisp start with an abundant smoke. This is a young and quite delicate cigar with great ageing potential.
Popular Vitola: Robustos
Factory Vitola: Robustos
Ring Gauge: 50
Cigar Length: 124 mm / 4.9 inches
Body: Medium
About this cigar: The latest release from Habanos to arrive in the UK is the Montecristo Wide Edmundo. The Wide Edmundo is an entirely new vitola (size) within the Habanos portfolio called the Duke No.3 and measures 4 7/8” (125mm) x 54 ring gauge. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that makes it the heaviest ring gauge among the Edmundos.
It is the fourth cigar in the brand’s portfolio to bear the Edmundo name, following the launch of the original in 2004. However, uniquely among its stablemates, the Wide Edmundo is adorned with a second band bearing its name.
Popular Vitola: Duke No. 3
Factory Vitola: Duke No. 3
Ring Gauge: 54
Cigar Length: 125 mm / 4 7/8''
Body: Medium
About this Cigar: A superb robusto, packed with Partagas power. The secret of the this robustos is that it creates the cool, round smoke wanted, yet it manages to release intense, complex flavours all in that most popular size, very clever indeed. Full bodied, rich and full of cedar, chocolate and oak. The No. 4 is naturally for the experienced smoker who is seeking a robusto with brain.
Popular Vitola: Robusto
Factory Vitola: Robustos
Ring Gauge: 50
Cigar Length: 124 mm / 4.8"
Body: Full
About this cigar: Originally created in the 1970s exclusively for the French market, the original Quai D’Orsay brand was available in a limited range of sizes and was known for its mild to medium-bodied profile. However, the Cuban cigar monopoly has since relaunched Quai D’Orsay as a global brand, complete with a redesigned band and box, two new thicker vitolas, and a reblended blend, resulting in a more flavorful and nuanced smoke. Despite these changes, the Quai D’Orsay No. 54 maintains its subtlety and refinement, delivering a delightful combination of sweetness and savoury notes reminiscent of a salted caramel praline.
Popular Vitola: Robusto
Factory Vitola: Edmundo Grueso
Ring gauge: 54
Cigar length: 135 mm / 5 3/8"
Body: Light