6.75" Ring Gauge: 50 For many aficionados this cigar is a real treat having been made exclusively for the U.K.market and available in only 1400 numbered boxes. The "Magnifico" echoes the once renowned " Magnum" - a holy grail for cigar enthusiasts in the 60's and 70's.
Despite its provenance this is a relatively mild cigar which has been well made and constructed. I quite liked the size and fragrance but didn't care for the dry and rather bitter after-taste due to its comparative lack of age which should diminish with time.
NOTE: Stocks of this cigar will be very limited !
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Por Larraņaga was registered in 1834 by Ignacio Larraņaga. By the end of the 19th century, Por Larraņaga had become a well-known premium cigar brand producing both expensive and inexpensive cigars. In 1925, Por Larraņaga became the first factory to make machine-made cigars which soon resulted in a boycott by factory workers. At the time of the revolution, Por Larraņaga was the sixth largest producing Cuban brand.
Up until the 1970s, Por Larraņaga remained a respectable and popular premium cigar brand. In the 1980s production fell dramatically and due to trademark litigation in the 1990s, export of the brand was reduced to only a few countries. For some time the brand was reduced to almost entirely machine-made or hand-finished and was mainly sold in Canada and the Middle East. Now the brand has made a bit of a comeback, with two of it's four vitolas being totally hand-made.
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