The 2021 Colección Habanos release will be the Cohiba Ideales.
It was one of three new Cohiba releases announced this morning as part of the Habanos World Days, a virtual cigar event hosted by Habanos S.A. in lieu of the company’s typical Festival del Habano event.
The long-rumored Cohiba Ideales measures 6 9/10 (175mm) x 56. Formally, Habanos S.A. is calling this the “Colección Habanos Volumen XVIII – Serie B,” a reference to the book-like boxes that make up the Colección Habanos series and the fact that this is the 28th
release.
Each cigar carries three bands: the main Cohiba band, the Colección Habanos foot band that debuted last year, and the secondary Cohiba 55 Aniversario band that marks the 55th anniversary of Cohiba.
Habanos S.A. Adding Cohiba Ambar, Montecristo Wide Edmundo
While most of the new Cuban cigars announced today during the Habanos World Days virtual event are limited edition cigars, there were a couple of new regular production items unveiled.
This year marks the 55th anniversary of Cohiba and Habanos S.A. is celebrating with a variety of new Cohibas, including at least one new regular production size: Cohiba Ambar.
The Cohiba Ambar measures 5 1/5 (132mm) x 53, a vitola known as placeres. Not much else is known about the release, though it will be sold in boxes of 10.
The company has also announced that there will be another spin-off of the popular Montecristo Edmundo, specifically, the Wide Edmundo. It measures 4 11/12 (125mm) x 54, a vitola Habanos S.A. is calling the Duke No. 3.
2021 declared in Cuba as the Cohiba Year
2021 declared in Cuba as the Cohiba Year
Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) During the opening here today of the first Habanos World Days event, tobacco authorities of this island declared 2021 as the Cohiba Year, for the 55 years of the brand. The co-presidents of the international corporation Habanos S.A., Inocente Núñez and Luis Sánchez-Harguindey Pardo de Vera, welcomed Premium cigar smokers who follow this call dedicated to Cuban tobacco from all continents.
Cohiba (1966-2021) is the first brand of cigars to emerge after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, and it immediately became popular with cigar fans in this country.
Overtakes Spain to Move Into Top Spot Share Share
Cuba has a new No. 1 market for its cigars. “For the first time in our history, China has become our No. 1 market in the world,” said Leopoldo Cintra González, the commercial vice president for Habanos, at a virtual press conference from Havana this morning.
China rose from the No. 2 position in 2019, and overtook Spain, Cuba’s previous No. 1 and one of the longstanding, traditional markets for major Cuban cigar sales. Sales to China which include not only mainland China, but also Hong Kong and Macau have been extremely robust over the past six years, growing by more than 50 percent during that period. Last year alone, sales to China were up by five percent, said Habanos.
Habanos World Days event begins in Cuba
Habanos World Days event begins in Cuba
Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Starting this Tuesday, the Habanos World Days digital event for cigar smokers puts Cuba once again among the first steps of attention in the global tobacco industry markets. Smokers and people related to this area have their eyes on the event, where data from the industry of this kind in Cuba and the outstanding news, facing the world market, are presented.
Precisely, Cuban authorities indicated at the time that despite the problem generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, cigar exports continue, with changes in their distribution, and instead of using the air route, they use shipping companies.