Only about 5000 of each have been or will be made.
Limited edition Maduro
cigars from Partagas, Cohiba and Romeo y Julieta.
They are distinguished by the double banding - a black and gold "Edición
Limitada" band in addition to the usual name band.
The wrappers are
dark and oily. Although much sought-after by seasoned smokers, cigars
of this colour have been hard to find. Their recent appearance is due
to a decision taken in the summer of 2000 by Habanos and UNETA (the company
responsible for tobacco growing and cigar production in Cuba) to use a
stock of wrappers taken from the top, or corona, leaves from the 1997/98
harvest. These leaves have not been used for many years in the production
of top quality Havanas, and they are best for making maduro cigars.
Because of the fashion for dark cigars that is sweeping the USA, and because
the leaves have been aged for over two years, the Cuban industry decided
to use them.
Only about
5000 of each have been or will be made.
(Prices are per cigar in a glass tube)
The cigars, now
available in the shops, are:
Cohiba Piramides Limited Edition
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(Torpedo - Ringsize 52 x 156mm) R246.00
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Romeo y Julieta
Robusto Limited Edition
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(Robusto - Ringsize 50 x 124mm) 52-RJRobLtd1
R121.00
Partagas Serie D #3 Limited Edition
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(Corona
Extra - Ringsize 46 x 143mm) 52-PartSD3Ltd1
R142.50
"Wonderful
flavour and finish. A cigar for the connoisseur to follow a meal."
Theo Rudman - Rudman's Complete Pocket
Guide to Cigars (Fourth Edition)
Comparisons
can be interesting - try this 3-pack:
| Corona
Extra - pack of 3 in glass tubes 52-SelLtdComp3
R320.00
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Romeo
y Julieta Exhibicion No.3 Rafael Gonzales Corona Extra Partagas Serie D #3 Limited Edition (Maduro) |
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Background - The
Maduro Cigar
After curing, suspended in barns for about 7 weeks, cigar leaf is placed
in piles to undergo a fermentation process during which the temperature
rises, the leaf becomes more mellow, the colour deepens, and nicotine,
tar, ammonia and other impurities are reduced. The temperature is carefully
monitored, and the process is halted before 160°F for normal leaf; possibly
only 90°F for delicate wrapper leaf. The pile is cooled and turned for
a second fermentation, and then the leaf may be aged for 6-36 months.
To achieve a Maduro requires a fermentation temperature in excess
of 165°F, and the result is a rich deep brown wrapper with intensified
flavour, and a cigar that is often incredibly slow burning, mellow and
mild.
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