Montecristo

MONTECRISTO

Flavour profile: Classic: medium to full Open Series: medium

Linea 193: full

Montecristo is the best known and probably the most appreciated brand of Havanas throughout the world. It forms the benchmark for many Havana smokers against which other brands are judged.

Petit Edmundo

Edmundo’s little brother blessedly burst onto the scene just ahead of the UK smoking ban in 2007 so that devotees of heavy gauge, intense flavoured cigars had a shorter alternative.

Double Edmundo

This 2013 addition to the Edmundo range is a Doble, nearly an inch (20 mm) longer than the original Edmundo and slightly slimmer. A welcome addition to the star-studded line up.

No.1

The lead size of Montecristo when it was introduced in 1935. The standard bearer for the medium to full, tangy taste that conquered the world. A treasure for the cognoscenti of Havana cigars.

No.2

If ever one brand has come to dominate a particular vitola, this is it. The classic Pirámide or ‘torpedo’ size. Easy burning with a controlled release of faithful Montecristo flavours; many devotees look no further than this.

Petit No.2

All the medium to full character of the classic No.2 in a shorter smoke. Considering the popularity of the classic No.2 the only question really is why it took so long to arrive, being released in 2013, 78 years after the original.

No.3

Another of the original Montecristos; this one a Corona. From start to finish it maintains the true taste of this brand and is the stalwart vitola amongst the more recent, trendier, excitable sizes that emerge.

No.4

The most popular individual handmade cigar in the UK. Its rich, tangy, medium to full flavour acts as the benchmark for most smokers embarking on the journey to find their preferred Habano. Many return to it. A trusted friend who never lets you down.

No.5

The smallest of Montecristo’s original, tightly defined range. A good, pressed cigar with a flavour and aroma that develops during smoking. A faithful companion almost anywhere.

Media Corona

At just 3 1⁄2” (90mm) long, this is as short a cigar as you will find being made in Cuba today. However, despite its lack of length it is still able to deliver plenty of Montecristo taste. Ideal for when time is not a virtue.

Petit Tubos

The ubiquitous No.4 in a cedar-lined, aluminium tube first produced specially for Hunters & Frankau in the mid 1980s. Attributed by many as their first ever encounter with a “proper” cigar.

Tubos

This elegantly presented extra length Corona, cedar-wrapped in an aluminium tube, was the first new vitola to be added to Montecristo’s original range in the late 1950s. Eminently portable.

Open Series:

Open Eagle

The largest of the Montecristo Open series. Its commanding 54 ring gauge format houses a different, lighter tobacco blend than you find in standard Montecristos. Suits experienced and novice smokers and golfers alike.

Open Regata

When released this was a completely new figurado shape made in the image of the famous No.2, but shorter and thinner. All the smoking characteristics of its big brother are preserved in a lighter flavoured, less time demanding size.

Open Master

The Open Series created space, at last, for a Robusto size in Montecristo’s illustrious line-up. A delightful medium bodied cigar in the classic shape and sporting the all-important fleur-de-lys on its band.

Open J

The smallest of the Open Series. The J takes the form of a rare vitola previously only found in the Le Hoyo Series (du Deputé). A perfect morning or aperitif smoke.

Linea 1935:

Leyenda

The largest of the three cigars that comprise Montecristo's new Linea 1935, the Leyenda delivers an abundance of rich, flavoursome smoke over the course of the hour and a half or so it takes to enjoy. Not a cigar to be hurried and perhaps best enjoyed after a good meal.

Maltes

This rare size is known as a 'Sobresalientes' within the factories of Cuba, a word which translates as 'outstanding' in English, and it's easy to see why. Big and bold, but also subtle and nuanced with a lightness of touch that surprises many smokers the first time they light one up.

Dumas

The Dumas offers a full-bodied blend of signature Montecristo tobaccos and helps make the Linea 1935 a new way to enjoy the most popular premium cigar brand in the world.